Improving drought tolerance in maize: a view from industry

By H. Campos, Mark Cooper, J. Habben, G. Edmeades, J. Schussler. 2004

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics, Plant Science

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Global status of commercialized biotech/GM crops: 2006. (2006, background): “relationship between grain yield and anthesis-silking interval (in heat units) for 126 elite Corn belt hybrids grown under two water regimes (Campos et al., 2004).”
Breeding for Yield Potential and Stress Adaptation in Cereals (2008, background): “For example, in this crop significant progress in grain yield under drought stress has been made through selection in multi-environment trials for component traits such as kernel set, rapid silk exertion, and reduced barrenness (Campos et al., 2004).”
Gains in Maize Genetic Improvement in Eastern and Southern Africa: II. CIMMYT Open-Pollinated Variety Breeding Pipeline (2017, background): “In temperate maize, the rate of breeding progress has been estimated at 73 kg ha−1 yr−1 for mild stress (Duvick, 1997), 146 kg ha−1 yr−1 when the stress was imposed at the flowering stage, and 76 kg ha−1 yr−1 when the stress was imposed during mid-grain-filling stage (Campos et al., 2004).”
Maize leaf functional responses to drought episode and rewatering (2017, background): “Maize, as one of most important staple crops, playing critical role in food security and husbandry industry development (Campos et al .”
Trait physiology and crop modelling as a framework to link phenotypic complexity to underlying genetic systems (2005, methodology): “Enhanced capabilities in genotyping have not been matched by development of enhanced capabilities in phenotyping or by development of enhanced approaches to link genotype and phenotype (Campos et al. 2004).”
Response of Maize to Nutrients Foliar Application Under Water Deficit Stress Conditions (2009, background): “) is a direct staple food for millions of individuals and, through indirect consumption as a feed crop, is an essential component of global food security([8]).”
Utility of root cortical aerenchyma under water limited conditions in tropical maize (Zea mays L.) (2015, background): “…L., root cortical aerenchyma, drought 37 Introduction 38 Suboptimal water availability is a primary global constraint to crop productivity (Barker et al., 39 2004; Campos et al., 2004), and is projected to worsen over the next several decades as the result 40 of global climate change (IPCC, 2014).”
Cereal landraces for sustainable agriculture. A review (2010, background): “With the current rapid advancements in high-throughput molecular genotyping technologies described above, it is becoming increasingly clear that the limiting factor in applying those powerful technologies to molecular breeding programmes is no more the capacity of genotyping, but the potential for a”
Next-generation phenotyping: requirements and strategies for enhancing our understanding of genotype–phenotype relationships and its relevance to crop improvement (2013, background): “Sampling vs. controlling environmental variation Different approaches to phenotyping are required for different purposes (Campos et al. 2004; Crouch et al. 2009; Gordon and Finch 2005; Kloth et al. 2012; Masuka et al. 2012; Pieruschka and Poorter 2012).”
Breeding sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) for drought tolerance (2008, background): “However, above mentioned agronomic practices increase costs and are dependent on input availability, infrastructure, access to market and skills in crop and soil management (Campos et al., 2004).”
Meta-analysis of constitutive and adaptive QTL for drought tolerance in maize (2010, background): “Conventional breeding has been very successful over the past 50 years for drought tolerance, which forms a baseline that new genetic methods must be compared (Campos et al. 2004).”
Predicting the future of plant breeding: complementing empirical evaluation with genetic prediction (2014, background): “…genetic gain for important environmental components of the TPE that contribute to repeatable G E interactions (Fischer et al. 1989; Cooper et al. 1995, 1997, 2014; Campos et al. 2004, 2006; Kirigwi et al. 2004; Trethowan et al. 2005; Bänziger et al. 2006; Weber et al. 2012; Rebetzke et al. 2013).”
Gene action controlling grain yield and secondary traits in southern African maize hybrids under drought and non-drought environments (2008, background): “Drought occurrence is highly unpredictable over time and space (Campos et al. 2004) and it is difficult to control without irrigation.”
Can Technology Deliver on the Yield Challenge to 2050 (2009, background): “For example for maize in Iowa, it has been suggested that selection has increased tolerance to stress at flowering (Campos et al., 2004), and significantly increased deep soil water uptake in this crop (Hammer et al.”