A major objective of biometrical genetics is to explore the nature of gene action in determining quantitative traits. This also includes determination of the number of major genetic factors or genes responsible for the traits. Diallel Mating Designs have been designed to deal with the type of genetic experiments that help assess variability in observed...

We apply a Genomic Selection Index (GSI) to simulated and real data sets with four traits and numerically we compared its efficiency with that of the phenotypic selection index (PSI) using the ratio of the GSI response over the PSI response. In addition, we used two additional criteria to compare the GSI vs PSI efficiency: the ratio of the average of the...

Summary results and individual trial results from the International Late Yellow Hybrid - ILYH, (Tropical Three Way Crosses Yellow Late Normal Hybrid - TTWCYL) conducted in 2014.

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The Semi-Arid Wheat Yield Trial (SAWYT) is a replicated yield trial that contains spring bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) germplasm adapted to low rainfall, drought prone environments typically receiving less than 500 mm of water available during the cropping cycle. The combination of water-use efficiency and water responsive broad adaptation plus yield...

This report presents the synthesis of household level surveys in five intervention countries (Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project designed and implemented by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and...

Agriculture in eastern Africa is predominantly rainfed and maize is a major food crop, primarily produced for home consumption and the market by small-scale family farms. The study characterized farm households in the drought prone maize growing areas of eastern Africa synthesizing data from parallel household surveys in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and...

Integrated crop livestock production systems are among the principal modes of livelihood in rural Zimbabwe. Nonetheless, the dynamics in each of the different components in such systems and the potential impact of technologies that enhance integration of these components at household level is hardly known. Concomitantly, CIMMYT, ICRISAT, ILRI and the...

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The development of relatively sophisticated actors along the agricultural value chains is an important precursor for agricultural development. In staple crop value chains for example, innovations around warehouse receipting and collateralization can enable farmers to successfully engage in temporal and spatial arbitrage, thereby opening opportunities to...