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Abstracts Home Research in Abiotic Stress

The impact of breeding for abiotic stress tolerance

M. Bänziger, P. S. Setimela, D. Hodson, B. Vivek

African Livelihoods Program-International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Zimbabwe

Genetic dissection of drought tolerance in tropical maize: structural and functional genomics approaches

J-M. Ribaut, M.C. Sawkins, M. Vargas, M. Banziger, C. Bencivenni

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico

Development of drought-tolerant maize by genetic modification

J.A. Thomson, S.G. Mundree

Dept of Molecular and Cell Biotechnology University of Cape Town, South Africa

Molecular marker-assisted selection of three intractable traits of maize and sorghum in Kenyan genetic backgrounds: myth or reality?

K. Ngugi, Z. Muthamia, R. Folkertsma

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute -Katumani, Kenya

Evaluation of marker-assisted selection for drought tolerance in maize test-cross hybrids in sub-Saharan Africa

R. Ganunga, M. Bänziger,J-M. Ribaut, J. Betrán
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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