Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by Subject "Zea mays L."

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Combining ability and heterotic grouping of highland transition maize inbred lines

Legesse, B.W.; Pixley, K.V.; Botha, Anna-Maria (Istituto sperimentale per la cerealicoltura, 2009)

The objectives of the present study were to examine combining ability of highland transition maize inbred lines for grain yield and other desirable traits, to determine heterotic groups of germplasm of the inbred lines ...
Improving maize (Zea mays L.) performance in semi-arid Zimbabwe through micro-dosing with ammonium nitrate tablets

Mashingaidze, N.; Belder, Paul; Twomlow, Stephen; Hove, Lewis; Moyo, M. (Cambridge University Press, 2013-04)

Although the application of small quantities of nitrogen fertiliser has improved cereal yields on low-input farms in semi-arid Zimbabwe, the practice is reported to be laborious and time-consuming by farmers. In an effort ...
Relationship between hybrid performance and AFLP based genetic distance in highland maize inbred lines

Legesse, B.W.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Pixley, K.V.; Twumasi-Afriyie, S.; Botha, Anna-Maria (Springer, 2008)

The objectives of this study were to determine the crossing performance of highland maize inbred lines for grain yield, days to silk and plant height; estimate genetic distance (GD) among the inbred lines and in association ...

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