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Multi-location testing of improved varieties of maize on farmers fields in Northern and Central Mozambique (Record no. 9490)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 92-9146-025-7
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Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
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Subject category code F01
072 #0 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code F30
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 633.15
Item number EAS No. 5
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sitch, L.
Affiliation Maize Productivity Gains through Research and Technology Dissemination. Proceedings of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Maize Conference, 5; Arusha (Tanzania); 3-7 Jun 1996
110 2# - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico DF (Mexico)
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Multi-location testing of improved varieties of maize on farmers fields in Northern and Central Mozambique
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. CIMMYT :
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1997
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Material base and configuration Printed
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Summary, etc. The yields of maize on family sector farms in Mozambique are often limited because farmers do not have seed of improved varieties. To address this problem, World Vision International - Mozambique commenced a multilocation trials program to evaluate available varieties of the principle crops grown by the family sector. This paper examines the results of the on-farm trials carried out as part of this evaluation process and the extent and nature of the variety by locality interaction. The variance due to variety by locality interactions is of similar magnitude to the variety variance. A hybrid variety was found to be highest yielding overall, followed by the two improved open-pollinated varieties Matuba and Manica. The results also indicated that the two open-pollinated varieties could be distributed to different localities as their relative performance varied across locations. However, the performance of these two varieties was superior to the regional variety in most farmers' fields. There appeared to be some similarities in the way localities discriminated among varieties on the basis of agroecological zone, but there was no consistency in this. A second set of experiments was designed to evaluate different management techniques and to demonstrate these techniques to farmers. The following recommendations are made with regard to the management of farmers' fields on the basis of the results of the 1994/95 rainy season's on-farm trials: weeding one time during the season (15 days after emergence); measures to control stem borer in maize are only necessary when pest incidence is high; seeding rates of four or five seeds per hill without thinning (farmer practice) will produce reliable yields under most conditions, with the exception of those locations where rainfall is high and the growing season is long - under these conditions a seeding rate of four seeds per hill thinned to two plants per hill is recommended; if farmers have access to and can afford fertilizer then an application of 25 kg/ha of both nitrogen and phosphorus will ensure a positive yield response. There is some locality by treatment interaction and therefore some slight adjustments in recommendations may have to be made in some localities. However. there was little to no treatment by variety interaction
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Language note English
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Affiliation 9712|AGRIS 9702
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Collection CIMMYT Publications Collection
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mozambique
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Plant production
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650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Testing
650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Varieties
Miscellaneous information AGROVOC
Source of heading or term
9 (RLIN) 1303
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Uncontrolled term CIMMYT
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9 (RLIN) 1314
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Zea mays
Miscellaneous information AGROVOC
650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
9 (RLIN) 1151
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Hybrids
Miscellaneous information AGROVOC
650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Plant breeding
Miscellaneous information AGROVOC
Source of heading or term
9 (RLIN) 1203
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bias, C.,
Relator term coaut.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Henderson, S.A.,
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700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ransom, J.K.|Palmer, A.F.E.|Zambezi, B.T.|Mduruma, Z.O.|Waddington, S.R.|Pixley, K.V.|Jewell, D.C.
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Personal name White, J.,
Relator term coaut.
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Koha item type Conference proceedings
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02/10/2015   633.15 EAS No. 5 F624172 1 02/10/2015 Conference proceedings Not Lost     CIMMYT Publications Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 02/10/2015

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