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The new haploid breeding technology has significantly sped up the process of maize breeding in China, said Dai Jingrui, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and a professor at ...

A recent study offers a promising strategy to protect food security and safety of maize in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) depend on maize for nearly 30% of ...

The people of Mesoamerica are largely responsible for the golden corn we grow today, having domesticated tough teosinte grass thousands of years ago and bred it into modern maize. Researchers have now ...

A common strategy to create high-yielding plants is hybrid breeding. However, getting the inbred lines in the first place can be a hassle. In maize, the use of so-called 'haploid inducers' provides a ...

Maize is a globally cultivated staple crop and one of the most successful examples of heterosis utilization in food production. The development of elite inbred lines is critical for breeding hybrid ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution of progressive selection generations in order to define the maximum efficiency of increasing yield in relation to the stage of selection ...

BISHKEK, Jan 12 (Kabar/APP): With state support, the Kyrgyz State Breeding farm has been actively expanding its operations in recent years, boosting its production capacity.

In a massive survey of genetic diversity in maize, also known as corn, researchers across the United States, have developed a gene map that should pave the way to significant improvements in a plant ...

It is no secret that the most pressing issue facing Pakistani agriculture is water scarcity. So, how could the country best adapt to local conditions as well as turn this bottleneck into an ...

Over 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) depend on maize for nearly 30% of their caloric intake, and the popularity of maize is expected to continue its upward trend (IITA). As the demand ...