Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Zea mays"
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Combining abilities of maize inbred lines for grey leaf spot (GLS), grain yield and selected agronomic traits in Kenya
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2013)The genetics of resistance to grey leaf spot (GLS) disease, grain yield and selected agronomic traits was studied in 42 F1 progenies from a full diallel cross among seven maize inbred lines. These 42 F1 progenies and seven ... -
Maize yield reduction due to erosion in a high potential area of Central Kenya highlands
(Department of Soil Science, University of NairobiDepartment of Soil Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 1998)The effect of cumulative soil loss on maize (Zea mays L.) growth and yield were investigated on a humicnitisol in Kenya during the 1993 long-rains (LR) and short-rains (SR). The runoff plots had been subjected to different ...