TY  - PRO
AU  - Messmer,R.
AU  - Fracheboud,Y.
AU  - Banziger,M.
AU  - Stamp,P.
AU  - Ribaut,J.M.
TI  - Genetic analysis of drought tolerance in tropical maize
SN  - 970-648-124-9
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Mexico, DF (Mexico)
PB  - CIMMYT
KW  - Analysis
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Drought resistance
KW  - Flowering
KW  - Genetic control
KW  - Kernels
KW  - Maize
KW  - Seed production
KW  - Subtropical zones
KW  - Tropical zones
N2  - Drought stress is evenly distributed across the world's major maize production regions and is a particularly savere problem for slightly more than one-fifth of the tropical and subtropical maize planted in developing countries (Pingali and Pandey, 2000). Maize is unusually susceptible to drought around the flowering period. Drought tolerance is closely associated with a short anthesis-silking interval (ASI), reduced kernel barrenness (Chapman and Edmeades, 1999), increased growth rates of ovaries (Bertrán et al., 2003) and the stay-green characteristics (Sanchez et al., 2002)
T2  - Resilient Crops for Water Limited Environments: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Cuernavaca, Mexico, 24-28 May 2004
ER  -