Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Gene action"
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Breeding rice for grain yield, earliness and grain quality in Eastern Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Rice is one of the most important cereal crops in Eastern Africa and it’s often ranked after sorghum, wheat and maize. Unfortunately, rice yield per hectare is low (<3.6 t ha-1) because smallholder farmers rely on local ... -
Combining ability of maize inbred lines resistant to Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) in the mid-altitude environment of Kenya
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2012-11)Gene action conditioning important traits in maize is useful to breeders in order to design appropriate breeding methods. A study was conducted to determine the combining ability of 10 maize inbred lines adapted to Kenya’s ...