TY  - JA
AU  - Schepers,G.
TI  - Hybrid maize performance in perspective
U1  - 94-002542 
PY  - 1992///
KW  - Africa
KW  - Africa south of Sahara
KW  - Anglophone africa
KW  - Crop husbandry
KW  - Gramineae
KW  - Progeny
KW  - Resistance to injurious factors
KW  - Southern Africa
KW  - Zea
KW  - Plant breeding
KW  - AGROVOC
N1  - 1 photo
N2  - The paper discusses the effects of drought and what can be done to stabilize the maize industry. The maize plant is extremely sensentive to stress at certain stages of its life circle, particulary during flowering, and inadequate moisture during this critical period may reduce a potential record crop to a total crop failure. The breeding and development of drought tolerant hybrids reduces the effects of drought. Stress will cause a reduction in performance but to a lesser extent among the tolerant hybrids. A number of plant characteristics determine the adaptability of a maize plant to drought stress. The most important of these are: the
T2  - Farming World with Murimi Umlimi: The Journal of the Zimbabwe National Farmers' Union
ER  -