Browsing College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) by Subject "Maize streak virus disease"
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Combining ability for multiple resistance to turcicum leaf blight (Exserohilum turcicum) and maize streak virus disease
(Makerere University, 2012-02)Maize foliar diseases are the most important impediments to increased maize production in Uganda. The main objectives of the studies reported in this thesis were (i) to characterise inbred lines for resistance to Turcicum ... -
Feasibilty of zein proteins, simple sequence repeats and phenotypic traits for background selection in quality protein maize breeding
(African Crop Science Society, 2011)Widespread adoption of quality protein maize (QPM), especially among tropical farming systems has been slow mainly due to the slow process of generating varieties with acceptable kernel quality and adaptability to different ...