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200 10$aAdvances in Genetic Enhancement of Early and Extra-Early Maize for Sub-Saharan Africa /$fby Baffour Badu-Apraku, M.A.B. Fakorede
205   $a1st ed. 2017.
210  1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017.
215   $a1 online resource (XLVI, 606 p. 99 illus., 63 illus. in color.)
311   $a3-319-64851-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
327   $aMaize in West Africa: Importance and Production Constraints -- Climatology of Maize in West and Central Africa -- Anatomy and Physiology of Maize -- Pollination Techniques -- Population Improvement and Development of Open Pollinating Varieties -- Inbred and Hybrid Maize Development -- Heterotic Grouping, Testers, and Molecular Approaches in Hybrid Maize Production -- Breeding Quality Protein Maize (QPM) -- Breeding for Striga Resistance -- Breeding for Drought Tolerance -- Breeding for Tolerance to Low Soil Nitrogen -- Breeding for Disease Resistance -- Breeding for Insect pest Resistance -- Genotype x Environment Interaction and Repeatability of Traits at the Biotic and Abiotic Screening Sites in West and Central Africa -- Selection Indices and Use of Secondary Traits -- Variety Testing and Release -- Commercialization of Early and Extra-early Maize and Impact on Maize Production and Productivity in West and Central Africa -- Current Perspectives and Future Challenges of Maize Improvement in West and Central Africa.
330   $aThe book focuses on the principles and practices of tropical maize improvement with special emphasis on early and extra-early maize to feed the increasing population in Sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights the similarities and differences between results obtained in temperate regions of the world and WCA in terms of corroboration or refutation of genetic principles and theory of maize breeding. The book is expected to be of great interest to maize breeders, advanced undergraduates, graduate students, professors and research scientists in the national and international research institutes all over the world, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa. It will also serve as a useful reference for agricultural extension and technology transfer systems, Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), seed companies and community-based seed enterprises, policy makers, and all those who are interested in generating wealth from agriculture and alleviating hunger and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa.
606   $aAgriculture
606   $aPlant breeding
606   $aPlant physiology
606   $aPlant ecology
606   $aAgriculture$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L11006
606   $aPlant Breeding/Biotechnology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L24060
606   $aPlant Physiology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L33020
606   $aPlant Ecology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19112
615  0$aAgriculture.
615  0$aPlant breeding.
615  0$aPlant physiology.
615  0$aPlant ecology.
615 14$aAgriculture.
615 24$aPlant Breeding/Biotechnology.
615 24$aPlant Physiology.
615 24$aPlant Ecology.
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