Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize. Volume 1, From improved varieties to local applications / edited by Dr Dave Watson, CGIAR Maize Research Program Manager, CIMMYT, Mexico.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watson, Dave, Dr., editor.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science, 2059-6936 ; number 01

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corn--Breeding.

Corn.

Corn--Genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : text file, PDF

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This volume focuses on breeding new varieties with desirable traits such as drought tolerance and improved nutritional value as well as how such innovations can be successfully deployed in the developing world.

Contents:

part, Part 1 Genetic diversity and breeding

chapter 1 Ensuring the genetic diversity of maize and its wild relatives CIMMYT Germplasm Bank (Maize Collection), Mexico / J. Stephen Smith, Iowa State University, USA; Candice A. C. Gardner, USDA-ARS/Iowa State University, USA; and Denise E. Costich,

chapter 2 Key challenges in maize breeding in sub-Saharan Africa Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria / Baffour Badu-Apraku, IITA, Nigeria; M.A.B. Fakorede and R.O. Akinwale,

chapter 3 Developing maize-breeding methods and cultivars to meet the challenge of climate change / Marcelo J. Carena North Dakota State University USA

chapter 4 Understanding and improving protein traits in maize Yongrui Wu, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; and Joachim Messing, Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, USA

chapter 5 Advances in mycotoxin-resistant maize varieties Resistance Unit, USA / Marilyn L. Warburton and W. Paul Williams, USDA-ARS Corn Host Plant Research

chapter 6 Advances in cold-tolerant maize varieties Csaba L. Marton and Zsuzsanna Tóthné Zsubori, MTA Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungary

part, Part 2 Understanding and improving maize nutritional and sensory quality

chapter 7 Nutritional and nutraceutical/functional properties of maize Dharam Paul Chaudhary, Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR), India

chapter 8 Biofortification of maize Eliab Simpungwe, HarvestPlus, Zambia

chapter 9 Assessing and improving the nutritional quality of maize National Research Council (CSIC), Spain and The University of / Elena Lima-Cabello and Paula Robles-Bolivar, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain; and Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez, Spanish Western Australia, Australia

chapter 10 Analysing maize grain quality Glen P. Fox and Tim J. O'Hare, The University of Queensland, Australia

part, Part 3 Translating research into practice: improving maize cultivation in the developing world

chapter 11 Constraints in adopting improved technologies for maize cultivation: the case of Africa T. Abdoulaye, The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria; A. Alene, A. Menkir and V. Manyong, The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria / A. S. Bamire and A. A. Akinola, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; and

chapter 12 Supporting smallholders in maize cultivation: using an agricultural innovation systems approach The Netherlands; and Carolina Camacho, The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico / Mariana Wongtschowski and Remco Mur, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT),

chapter 13 Women and maize cultivation: increasing productivity through gender analysis Cheryl Doss, Yale University, USA.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-78676-010-X

1-351-11421-2

9781351114219

OCLC:

1013991224