Improving adaptation and yield dependability in maize in the developing world
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Mexico : CIMMYT, [not before 1981].Description: 17 pagesSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: This publication addresses some of the problems of maize improvement in the tropics and stresses that many can be solved through approaches involving the development and maintenance of broad-based gene pools and populations. The authors describe the system employed by CIMMYT's maize program, in which materials are assembled into gene pools, desirable materials advanced into populations of more specififc designation, and superior selections from these refined to produce high-yielding, stable varieties. The publication explains the role of international progeny testing in the refinement of maize germplasm and its distribution to
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| Working paper | CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library | CIMMYT Publications Collection | CIM 0329-R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 622847 | |||
| Working paper | CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library | CIMMYT Publications Collection | CIM 0329-R C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2 | Available | 642246 |
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An earlier version of this paper was first presented at the FAO/SIDA Technical Conference on Improved Seed Production,
Nairobi, Kenya, June 2-6, 1981.
This publication addresses some of the problems of maize improvement in the tropics and stresses that many can be solved through approaches involving the development and maintenance of broad-based gene pools and populations. The authors describe the system employed by CIMMYT's maize program, in which materials are assembled into gene pools, desirable materials advanced into populations of more specififc designation, and superior selections from these refined to produce high-yielding, stable varieties. The publication explains the role of international progeny testing in the refinement of maize germplasm and its distribution to
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