Beat the stress: breeding for climate resilience in maize for the tropical rainfed environments

Molecular Breeding for Nutritionally Enriched Maize: Status and Prospects

(2020) Boddupalli M. Prasanna et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Strategies for Effective Use of Genomic Information in Crop Breeding Programs Serving Africa and South Asia

(2020) Nicholas Santantonio et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Genomic prediction across years in a maize doubled haploid breeding program to accelerate early-stage testcross testing

(2020) Nan Wang et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Maize lethal necrosis (MLN): Efforts toward containing the spread and impact of a devastating transboundary disease in sub-Saharan Africa

(2020) Prasanna Boddupalli et al.   VIRUS RESEARCH

Genetic gains with rapid‐cycle genomic selection for combined drought and waterlogging tolerance in tropical maize ( Zea may s L.)

(2020) Reshmi R. Das et al.   Plant Genome

Agri-nutrition research: Revisiting the contribution of maize and wheat to human nutrition and health

(2020) Nigel Poole et al.   FOOD POLICY

Future drought characteristics through a multi-model ensemble from CMIP6 over South Asia

(2020) Jianqing Zhai et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Genome-Wide Association Mapping and Genomic Prediction Analyses Reveal the Genetic Architecture of Grain Yield and Flowering Time Under Drought and Heat Stress Conditions in Maize

(2019) Yibing Yuan et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Technological advances in maize breeding: past, present and future

(2019) Carson Andorf et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Enhancing the rate of genetic gain in public-sector plant breeding programs: lessons from the breeder’s equation

(2019) Joshua N. Cobb et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

New plant breeding technologies for food security

(2019) Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi et al.   SCIENCE

Application of Remote Sensing for Phenotyping Tar Spot Complex Resistance in Maize

(2019) Alexander Loladze et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Morpho-physiological traits associated with heat stress tolerance in tropical maize (Zea mays L.) at reproductive stage

(2019) Jewel Jameeta Noor et al.   Australian Journal of Crop Science

Genebank genomics bridges the gap between the conservation of crop diversity and plant breeding

(2019) Martin Mascher et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Review: Improving global food security through accelerated plant breeding

(2019) Bert Lenaerts et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Climate change has likely already affected global food production

(2019) Deepak K. Ray et al.   PLoS One

Environmental variables contributing to differential performance of tropical maize hybrids across heat stress environments in South Asia

(2019) Vinayan MT et al.   Australian Journal of Crop Science

Doubled haploid technology for line development in maize: technical advances and prospects

(2019) Vijay Chaikam et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genetic strategies for improving crop yields

(2019) Julia Bailey-Serres et al.   NATURE

QTL mapping and genome-wide prediction of heat tolerance in multiple connected populations of temperate maize

(2019) Delphine Van Inghelandt et al.   Scientific Reports

Empirical Comparison of Tropical Maize Hybrids Selected Through Genomic and Phenotypic Selections

(2019) Yoseph Beyene et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

On-farm performance and farmers’ participatory assessment of new stress-tolerant maize hybrids in Eastern Africa

(2019) Mosisa Worku et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction

(2018) James Hansen et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Genetic analysis of resistance to post flowering stalk rot in tropical germplasm of maize ( Zea mays L.)

(2018) Z.R. Mir et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Genetic Analysis of Tropical Midaltitude-Adapted Maize Populations under Stress and Nonstress Conditions

(2018) Dan Makumbi et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Developing and deploying climate-resilient maize varieties in the developing world

(2018) Jill E Cairns et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Impact of high temperatures in maize: Phenology and yield components

(2018) J.I. Lizaso et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Genomic prediction of the general combining ability of maize lines (Zea mays L.) and the performance of their single crosses

(2018) Marcelina Vélez-Torres et al.   PLANT BREEDING

High-throughput method for ear phenotyping and kernel weight estimation in maize using ear digital imaging

(2018) R. Makanza et al.   Plant Methods

Global impact of accelerated plant breeding: Evidence from a meta-analysis on rice breeding

(2018) Bert Lenaerts et al.   PLoS One

Translating High-Throughput Phenotyping into Genetic Gain

(2018) José Luis Araus et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Grain-yield stability among tropical maize hybrids derived from doubled-haploid inbred lines under random drought stress and optimum moisture conditions

(2018) Julius Pyton Sserumaga et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

High-Throughput Phenotyping of Canopy Cover and Senescence in Maize Field Trials Using Aerial Digital Canopy Imaging

(2018) Richard Makanza et al.   Remote Sensing

Genotype-Specific Growth and Proteomic Responses of Maize Toward Salt Stress

(2018) Ana L. C. Soares et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

QTL Mapping in Three Connected Populations Reveals a Set of Consensus Genomic Regions for Low Temperature Germination Ability in Zea mays L.

(2018) Xuhui Li et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

When the going gets tough: Performance of stress tolerant maize during the 2015/16 (El Niño) and 2016/17 (La Niña) season in southern Africa

(2018) Peter Setimela et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Resistance of Maize Inbreds and their Hybrids to Fusarium Stalk Rot

(2018) T. Ledečan et al.   Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding

Uncertainties of potentials and recent changes in global yields of major crops resulting from census- and satellite-based yield datasets at multiple resolutions

(2018) Toshichika Iizumi et al.   PLoS One

Increase in crop losses to insect pests in a warming climate

(2018) Curtis A. Deutsch et al.   SCIENCE

Determining resistance to Fusarium verticillioides and fumonisin accumulation in African maize inbred lines resistant to Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxins

(2017) Lindy Joy Rose et al.   EUPHYTICA

Dissecting heat stress tolerance in tropical maize ( Zea mays L.)

(2017) Md Ashraful Alam et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

A study of allelic diversity underlying flowering-time adaptation in maize landraces

(2017) J Alberto Romero Navarro et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Translating knowledge about abiotic stress tolerance to breeding programmes

(2017) Matthew Gilliham et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates

(2017) Chuang Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rapid Cycling Genomic Selection in a Multiparental Tropical Maize Population

(2017) Xuecai Zhang et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Use of Genomic Estimated Breeding Values Results in Rapid Genetic Gains for Drought Tolerance in Maize

(2017) B.S. Vivek et al.   Plant Genome

Stay-Green and Associated Vegetative Indices to Breed Maize Adapted to Heat and Combined Heat-Drought Stresses

(2017) Diego Cerrudo et al.   Remote Sensing

Effect of Trait Heritability, Training Population Size and Marker Density on Genomic Prediction Accuracy Estimation in 22 bi-parental Tropical Maize Populations

(2017) Ao Zhang et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Identification, Mapping, and Molecular Marker Development for Rgsr8.1: A New Quantitative Trait Locus Conferring Resistance to Gibberella Stalk Rot in Maize (Zea mays L.)

(2017) Qian Chen et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Rapid breeding and varietal replacement are critical to adaptation of cropping systems in the developing world to climate change

(2017) Gary N. Atlin et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Genome-wide association study Identified multiple Genetic Loci on Chilling Resistance During Germination in Maize

(2017) Guanghui Hu et al.   Scientific Reports

Transcriptome analysis of maize resistance to Fusarium graminearum

(2016) Yongjie Liu et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Initiating maize pre-breeding programs using genomic selection to harness polygenic variation from landrace populations

(2016) Gregor Gorjanc et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Grain yield performance and flowering synchrony of CIMMYT’s tropical maize (Zea mays L.) parental inbred lines and single crosses

(2016) Mosisa Worku et al.   EUPHYTICA

Genetic improvement in density and nitrogen stress tolerance traits over 38 years of commercial maize hybrid release

(2016) Keru Chen et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

DNA Marker-Assisted Selection Approach for Developing Flooding-Tolerant Maize

(2016) Yoshiro MANO et al.   JARQ-JAPAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY

First steps to understand heat tolerance of temperate maize at adult stage: identification of QTL across multiple environments with connected segregating populations

(2016) Felix P. Frey et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Recombination and genetic variance among maize doubled haploids induced from F1 and F2 plants

(2016) Joshua A. Sleper et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genomic Regions Associated with Root Traits under Drought Stress in Tropical Maize (Zea mays L.)

(2016) P. H. Zaidi et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) and genotyping by sequencing (GBS) for quality control analysis in maize

(2015) Berhanu Tadesse Ertiro et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Gains in Grain Yield of Early Maize Cultivars Developed During Three Breeding Eras under Multiple Environments

(2015) B. Badu-Apraku et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Genetic Gains in Grain Yield Through Genomic Selection in Eight Bi-parental Maize Populations under Drought Stress

(2015) Yoseph Beyene et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Unmanned aerial platform-based multi-spectral imaging for field phenotyping of maize

(2015) M Zaman-Allah et al.   Plant Methods

Climate variation explains a third of global crop yield variability

(2015) Deepak K. Ray et al.   Nature Communications

QTL Mapping of Agronomic Waterlogging Tolerance Using Recombinant Inbred Lines Derived from Tropical Maize (Zea mays L) Germplasm

(2015) Pervez Haider Zaidi et al.   PLoS One

Genomic prediction in biparental tropical maize populations in water-stressed and well-watered environments using low-density and GBS SNPs

(2014) X Zhang et al.   HEREDITY

Efficiency of secondary traits in selecting for improved grain yield in extra-early maize underStriga-infested andStriga-free environments

(2014) Baffour Badu-Apraku et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Predicting the future of plant breeding: complementing empirical evaluation with genetic prediction

(2014) Mark Cooper et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Meta-analyses of QTL for grain yield and anthesis silking interval in 18 maize populations evaluated under water-stressed and well-watered environments

(2013) Kassa Semagn et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Phenotypic and Genetic Characterization of a Maize Association Mapping Panel Developed for the Identification of New Sources of Resistance to and Aflatoxin Accumulation

(2013) Marilyn L. Warburton et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Identification of Drought, Heat, and Combined Drought and Heat Tolerant Donors in Maize

(2013) Jill E. Cairns et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Quantitative Trait Loci Influencing Mycotoxin Contamination of Maize: Analysis by Linkage Mapping, Characterization of Near-Isogenic Lines, and Meta-Analysis

(2013) Santiago X. Mideros et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Genetic distance among doubled haploid maize lines and their testcross performance under drought stress and non-stress conditions

(2013) Yoseph Beyene et al.   EUPHYTICA

Identification of quantitative trait loci involved in the response to cold stress in maize (Zea mays L.)

(2013) Víctor M. Rodríguez et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Association mapping for chilling tolerance in elite flint and dent maize inbred lines evaluated in growth chamber and field experiments

(2013) ALEXANDER STRIGENS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Adapting maize production to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa

(2013) Jill E. Cairns et al.   Food Security

A Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Genes Associated with Fusarium Ear Rot Resistance in a Maize Core Diversity Panel

(2013) Charles T. Zila et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Diallel Analysis of Resistance to Fusarium Ear Rot and Fumonisin Contamination in Maize

(2012) Hsiao-Yi Hung et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Genomic Prediction of Breeding Values when Modeling Genotype × Environment Interaction using Pedigree and Dense Molecular Markers

(2012) Juan Burgueño et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Heat stress in temperate and tropical maize hybrids: A novel approach for assessing sources of kernel loss in field conditions

(2012) J.I. Rattalino Edreira et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Characterization of maize inbred lines for drought and heat tolerance

(2012) J. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

Detection and verification of quantitative trait loci for resistance to Fusarium ear rot in maize

(2012) Jiafa Chen et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

QTL mapping in three tropical maize populations reveals a set of constitutive and adaptive genomic regions for drought tolerance

(2012) Gustavo Dias Almeida et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Effectiveness of Genomic Prediction of Maize Hybrid Performance in Different Breeding Populations and Environments

(2012) Vanessa S. Windhausen et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Solutions for a cultivated planet

(2011) Jonathan A. Foley et al.   NATURE

International Agricultural Research Tackling the Effects of Global and Climate Changes on Plant Diseases in the Developing World

(2011) Serge Savary et al.   PLANT DISEASE

Fine-mapping of qRfg2, a QTL for resistance to Gibberella stalk rot in maize

(2011) Dongfeng Zhang et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Crops that feed the world 6. Past successes and future challenges to the role played by maize in global food security

(2011) Bekele Shiferaw et al.   Food Security

Nonlinear heat effects on African maize as evidenced by historical yield trials

(2011) David B. Lobell et al.   Nature Climate Change

On the use of statistical models to predict crop yield responses to climate change

(2010) David B. Lobell et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

The impacts of CGIAR research: A review of recent evidence

(2010) Mitch Renkow et al.   FOOD POLICY

Prediction of Genetic Values of Quantitative Traits in Plant Breeding Using Pedigree and Molecular Markers

(2010) J. Crossa et al.   GENETICS

Construction of intraspecific linkage maps, detection of a chromosome inversion, and mapping of QTL for constitutive root aerenchyma formation in the teosinte Zea nicaraguensis

(2010) Yoshiro Mano et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Cold stress effects on reproductive development in grain crops: An overview

(2009) Prince Thakur et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Effect of Salt Stress on the Salicylic Acid Synthesis in Young Maize (Zea maysL.) Plants

(2009) G. Szalai et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE

QTL mapping of resistance to Fusarium ear rot using a RIL population in maize

(2008) Jun-Qiang Ding et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING