Breeding for improved abiotic stress tolerance in maize adapted to southern Africa

By M. Bänziger, P. Setimela, D. Hodson, B. Vivek. 2006

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics, Plant Science

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Marker-Assisted Selection in Plant Breeding: From Publications to Practice (2008, background): “Much progress has already been made in this area which is relevant to drought tolerant crops, for example, in maize (Edmeades et al., 2000; Bänziger et al., 2006) and wheat (Babar et al., 2006a, 2006b).”
Improvement of drought resistance in rice. (2009, background): “, 2007a) and other crops (Bänziger et al., 2006; Edmeades et al., 1999; Nigam et al., 2005).”
Identification of Drought, Heat, and Combined Drought and Heat Tolerant Donors in Maize (2013, background): “In the late 1990’s CIMMYT initiated a product-orientated maize breeding programme in southern Africa (Bänziger et al. 2006).”
Gains in Maize Genetic Improvement in Eastern and Southern Africa: I. CIMMYT Hybrid Breeding Pipeline (2017, methodology): “The breeding strategy has been described by Bänziger et al. (2006).”
Comprehending crystalline β-carotene accumulation by comparing engineered cell models and the natural carotenoid-rich system of citrus (2011, unknown): “In maize, breeding programmes have led to plants which are tolerant to drought and have additional resistance to the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica (Banziger et al., 2006; Badu-Apraku and Yallou, 2009).”
Breeding for Yield Potential and Stress Adaptation in Cereals (2008, background): “Thus Banziger et al . (2006) reported that hybrids selected under managed stress using similar protocols have significantly out-yielded commercial hybrids in southern and eastern Africa, particularly under severe and moderate water-stress conditions.”
Improving Maize Grain Yield under Drought Stress and Non-stress Environments in Sub-Saharan Africa using Marker-Assisted Recurrent Selection (2016, methodology): “Bänziger et al. (2006) compared hybrids developed using a CIMMYT-managed drought stress protocol with the commercial hybrids in southern Africa across 36 to 65 environments and reported that CIMMYT-selected hybrids produced a yield advantage of 13 to 20 and 3 to 6% in the low and high potential…”
Nonlinear heat effects on African maize as evidenced by historical yield trials (2011, background): “In this case, we focus on field trials for tropical maize conducted in Africa in 1999–2007 on a network of 123 research stations managed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), National Agricultural Research Programs and private seed companie”
Efficiency of Managed‐Stress Screening of Elite Maize Hybrids under Drought and Low Nitrogen for Yield under Rainfed Conditions in Southern Africa (2012, background): “Maize grain yield is reduced by up to 80% under drought and low-N conditions (Betrán et al., 1997; Bänziger et al., 1997, 2006).”
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).”