Participatory maize breeding in the development of intervarietal hybrids for slamm farmers using half-sib reciprocal recurrent selection
By: Valdivia Bernal, R | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico DF (Mexico) | Arnel R. Hallauer International Symposium on Plant Breeding Mexico, D.F. (Mexico) 17-22 Aug 2003.
Contributor(s): Caro Velarde, F.J [coaut.] | Vidal Martínez, V.A [coaut.].
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BookAnalytics: Show analyticsPublisher: Mexico, DF (Mexico) CIMMYT : 2003Description: p. 202-203.Subject(s): Experimentation | Farmers
| Grain yield | Maize | Seed crops | Small farms | Technology transfer | Plant breeding AGROVOCDDC classification: 631.53 Summary: Because of the increasing cost of improved maize seed, 20% of the 65,000 ha sown in Nayarit, Mexico is sown with advanced generation seed, despite 20% losses of maize grain (Valdivia and Vidal 1995). Small farmers have decided a better choice is developing their own improved seed. This abstract describes the experience of a group of small farmes in developing, producing and planting their own maize hybrid seed.Collection: CIMMYT Publications Collection
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Because of the increasing cost of improved maize seed, 20% of the 65,000 ha sown in Nayarit, Mexico is sown with advanced generation seed, despite 20% losses of maize grain (Valdivia and Vidal 1995). Small farmers have decided a better choice is developing their own improved seed. This abstract describes the experience of a group of small farmes in developing, producing and planting their own maize hybrid seed.
English
0309|AGRIS 0301|AL-Maize Program
Juan Carlos Mendieta
CIMMYT Publications Collection
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