Maize production in SSA has been greatly constrained by many biotic and abiotic stresses.
Most of these constraints cut across countries with similar agroecological zones, the most …

Abstract Maize (Zea mays L.), an important food, feed, and industrial crop in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA), has been researched extensively for genetic enhancement for more than a half …

Maize production in West and Central Africa (WCA) is constrained by a wide range of
interacting stresses that keep productivity below potential yields. Among the many problems …

Maize is one of the most important field crops in terms of area coverage, production, and
economic importance in Ethiopia. It grows from sea level to over 2,600 masl., from moisture …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is the third most important crop of country after rice and wheat and is
cultivated round the year. Its grain is used as feed, food and industrial raw material …

Maize is one of the most important food crops in Ethiopia. Selection of superior germplasm
which started about 40 years ago has produced a number of high yielding varieties/hybrids …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is cultivated under a broad range of climatic conditions in West and
Central Africa (WCA). Unfortunately, maize production is constrained by a host of abiotic and …

Over the past twenty years, research progress in maize, the single most important food
staple in sub-Saharan Africa, has been comparable to progress in other primarily …

The maize genome is one of the most extensively analyzed among the plant genomes.
Consequently, maize has been at the forefront in development and evaluation of an array of …

Highly variable and stress-prone crop growing conditions, and financial, structural and
human resource constraints have impeded the realization and impact of traditional plant …