Late wilt disease (LWD) caused by the fungus Magnaporthiopsis maydis poses a major
threat to maize production. Developing high-yielding and resistant hybrids is vital to cope …

Knowledge of combining ability and genetic diversity are important prerequisites for the
development of outstanding hybrids that are tolerant to high plant density. This work was …

This study describes the genetic diversity and population structure of 194 native maize
populations from 23 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The germplasm …

Maize is one of the leading global cereals, and in South Sudan maize cultivation occurs in
nearly all of the country's agro-ecological zones. Despite its widespread cultivation, farmers …

Algerian maize has been cultivated in Saharan Oases for many centuries, determining its
adaption to extreme environments. Therefore, maize landraces from Sahara could be …

Background The ability of maize populations/landraces to tolerate drastically extreme
environments over the past four centuries in Algeria leads to characterize these genetic …

Rhizosheath and root system architecture (RSA) traits can provide insights into the capacity
of a crop to exploit and acquire resources from the soil. This paper employed a rapid but …

Improving maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes for higher productivity and tolerance to drought
stress depends mainly on physiological and molecular markers. Therefore, this study aims at …

Maize (Zea mays L; 2n= 2x= 20) is one of the most important cereal crops in the world
providing food, feed and bioenergy (Linehan et al, 2013; Ranum et al, 2014). It is …

While there is a rich collection of maize germplasm from Italy, it lacks genetic resources from
the Aosta Valley, an isolated mountain region where landraces have been preserved in the …