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100 1 _aSrinivasan, G.
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245 1 _aIcreasing productivity through genetic improvement for tolerance to drought and excess-moinsture stress in maize (Zea mays L.)
260 _aCanberra (Australia) :
_bACIAR :
_c2004.
300 _a21 pages
340 _aPrinted
490 _aACIAR Proceedings :
_vNo. 116e
520 _aBoth too much and too little water are major causes of crop yield losses around the world, and in the major food systems of the tropics. Significant yield losses due to drought and/or excess-moisture (waterlogging) conditions occur one out of every three to four years, and climate change caused by global warming is expected to add to the uncertainty of weather patterns and contribute to an increase in the occurrence of such stresses. Genetic studies showed that yield components and morpho-physicological traits involved in water-stress tolerance in maize are regulated by several genes. Therefore, development of germplasm with stress-adaptive genes needs to be conducted in a systematic manner. At the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT), various approaches to improving drought tolerance in maize have been explored. About three decades of work on drought tolerance in maize has resulted in improved source populations and useful open-pollinated and hybrid products that perform well under drought stress. Results from recent studies show the usefulness of this germplasm under severe drought-stress conditions. Furthermore, improvement in mid-season drought tolerance appears to impart tolerance to various other stresses, such as low-nitrogen soil fertility. Under the Indian Council of Agriculture Research-CIMMYT collaborative program, a large number of materials, including inbred lines from CIMMYT and the Indian national program, were screened for excess-moisture (waterlogging) tolerance in maize at sites managed by the Directorate for Maiz Research, India. Promising tolerant lines were identified and further improves toward developing waterlogging-tolerant cultivars for waterlogging-prone areas in India. Secondary traits, such as anthesis-silking interval, early and increased brace-root development, and high root porosity were found to be associated with excess-moisture tolerance.
536 _aGlobal Maize Program
546 _aTex in English
591 _a0505|AL-Maize Program
594 _aINT2823
595 _aCSC
650 1 7 _aClimate change
_2AGROVOC
_91045
650 1 7 _aCrop yield
_2AGROVOC
_91066
650 1 7 _aDrought resistance
_2AGROVOC
_93104
650 1 7 _aFood resources
_2AGROVOC
_910872
650 1 7 _aGermplasm
_2AGROVOC
_91136
650 1 7 _aMaize
_2AGROVOC
_91173
650 1 0 _aSeed production
_91253
_2AGROVOC
650 1 7 _aWater
_2AGROVOC
_94355
650 1 7 _aGenetic resources
_2AGROVOC
_91127
650 1 0 _91314
_aZea mays
_2AGROVOC
700 1 _9862
_aZaidi, P.H.
_gGlobal Maize Program
_8INT2823
700 1 _aSingh, N.N.,
_92047
700 1 _aSánchez, C.
_94725
773 _dCanberra (Australia) : ACIAR, 2004.
_gp. 227-239
_tWater in Agriculture : Proceedings of a CARDI International Conference on Research on Water in Agricultural Production in Asia for the 21st Century Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 25-28 November 2003
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