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090			_aCIM _b0131-R
110	2		_aCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT) _9978
245	1	0	_aMaize Research Highlights 1999-2000
260			_aMexico : _bCIMMYT, _c2000.
300			_aiv, 52 pages.
340			_aPrinted|Computer File
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aDuring 1999-2000, the CIMMYT MAize Program and partners in maize research systems of developing countries worldwide recorded significant accomplishments. Among other things, they developed, tested, and promoted stress-tolerant maize for sub-Saharan Africa and brought about the release of new, high-yielding quality protein maize (QPM) hybrids and varieties in more than a dozen countries. Two CIMMYT researchers were co-recipients of the 2000 World Food Prize for their leading efforts during the 1970-80s to develop QPM. There was a sizeable expansion in the use of CIMMYT highland maize germplasm by seed companies and farmer associations in Mexico- where nearly half the world's 6.3 million hectares of highland maize is located. CIMMYT researchers homed in on the biochemical bases for resistance in maize to post-harvest storage pests, a development that should greatly facilitate breeding for this important trait. Finally, the Program advanced recently-begun work to develop and deploy productivity-enhanding, resource-conserving maize technologies appropriate for farmers' circumstances and the fragile hill environments of Nepal. Details of these efforts, selected from the Maize Program's global research agenda, are provided, along with supporting date, contact information for Program researchers, and a list of Program publications for the period covered.
546			_aText in English
650	1	7	_aGrowth period _2AGROVOC _96142
650	1	7	_aMaize _2AGROVOC _91173
650	1	7	_aPest resistance _2AGROVOC _91199
650	1	7	_aPlant nutrition _2AGROVOC _95226
650	1	0	_91223 _aProtein quality _2AGROVOC
650	1	0	_aStorage _2AGROVOC _96638
650	1	7	_aAgricultural research _2AGROVOC _91006
856	4		_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10883/636 _yOpen Access through DSpace
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