Breeding for quality protein maize (QPM) varieties: A review

L N. Tandzi, C S. Mutengwa, E LM Ngonkeu, N Woïn… - Agronomy, 2017 - mdpi.com
The nutritional evaluation of quality protein maize (QPM) in feeding trials has proved its
nutritional superiority over non-QPM varieties for human and livestock consumption. The …

Potential for quality protein maize for reducing proteinenergy undernutrition in maize dependent Sub-Saharan African countries: A review

CS Nyakurwa, E Gasura, S Mabasa - African Crop Science Journal, 2017 - ajol.info
Most cereal crops, including maize (Zea mays L.), are deficient in essential amino acids,
such as lysine and tryptophan; hence they are poor in protein quality. A mutant maize with …

Combining ability analysis for yield and quality traits in single cross hybrids of quality protein maize (Zea mays L.) using diallel mating design

P Bisen, A Dadheech, N Namrata… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - journals.ansfoundation.org
Forty-five single-cross hybrids developed (in rabi 2014) from ten inbred lines of quality
protein maize through diallel mating design along with four checks viz., Pratap QPM Hybrid …

Hybrid vigour and combining ability in biofortified maize (Zea mays L.)

KK Vedanchiya, NV Soni, RM Patel… - … Journal of Bio …, 2023 - indianjournals.com
The study was conducted during winter season of 2020–2021 and rainy season of 2021 at
Maize Research Station, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Bhiloda …

Combining ability effects and heterosis estimates in maize (Zea mays L.)

K Lal, S Kumar, SP Shrivastav… - Electronic Journal of …, 2023 - ejplantbreeding.org
Maize is becoming a crop of huge demand day by day due to its multiple uses but its
productivity in farmer's fields is generally low due to lack of multiple resistant and wider …

Combining ability and genetic parameters of some white maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines using diallel analysis

S Hemada, HE Yassien, A El-Zaher… - Archives of …, 2020 - aasj.journals.ekb.eg
Nine inbred lines (S5) of white maize derived from Giza-2 and IW-469 were crossed using of
half diallel cross mating design, during spring season of 2019 at the Farm of Faculty of …

Physicochemical Composition and Invitro Antioxidative Properties of Flour Blends from Pro-Vitamin A Cassava, Quality Protein Maize and Soybean Cake for Dough …

AA Badejo, T Oduola, JA Falarunu… - Journal of Culinary …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The search for alternative flour for dough meal in the face of policy summersault on wheat
importation is highly imperative. Quality Protein Maize (QPM), cassava and soybean cake …

Heteroscedasticity analysis of nixtamalization effect on nutrients, digestibility, and functional properties of quality protein maize and indigenous local maize flour

EO Farinde, TO Dauda… - Journal of Food Processing …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the variability of nutrients, digestibility, and functional properties of
two varieties of maize—Indigenous Local maize (ILM) and Quality Protein Maize (QPM) …

Determination of combining ability and type of gene action using half-diallel cross among seven S6 white maize inbred lines

A El-Zaher - Journal of Plant Production, 2021 - journals.ekb.eg
Seven S6 white maize inbred lines were derived from selfing of S4 inbred lines of two
populations; three way cross-324 and Giza-2 were used as parents of a 7 x 7 half-diallel …

[PDF][PDF] Quality protein maize: An investigation for identification of heterotic hybrids for grain yield and important yield component traits

AK Agarwal, D Lenka, D Swain, BR Barik… - Biological …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Maize is a highly cross pollinated crop. Heterosis breeding is the most widely accepted
breeding method for enhancing yield potential in the crop. But, development of a truly …