Browsing College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) by Author "Setimela, Peter"
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Exploiting grain-filling rate and effective grain-filling duration to improve grain yield of early-maturing maize
Gasura, Edmore; Setimela, Peter; Edema, Richard; Gibson, Paul T.; Okori, Patrick; Tarekegne, Amsal (Crop Science Society of America, 2013)Early-maturing maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes yield 15 to 30% less than late-maturing genotypes. One strategy for improving grain yield in the early-maturing group involves assessment of grain-filling traits as secondary ...