Breeding Quality Protein Maize (QPM): Protocols for Developing QPM Cultivars

B.S. Vivek, A.F. Krivanek, N. Palacios-Rojas, S. Twumasi-Afriyie and Alpha O. Diallo

No 56179, Manuals from CIMMYT: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Abstract: This manual is intended for maize breeders who would like to start developing quality protein maize (QPM) cultivars. It is a compilation and consolidation of several breeding protocols successfully used at CIMMYT over two decades of QPM development and breeding. A brief background and the basic theory of QPM genetics are explained, leading up to detailed methods and procedures of QPM development.

Keywords: Crop; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 60
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.56179

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