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Biblioteca(s): 	Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste.	
Data corrente: 	21/05/2003	
Data da última atualização: 	24/10/2013	
Autoria: 	BÄNZINGER, M.; EDMEADES, G. O.; BECK, D.; BELLON, M.	
Título: 	Breeding for drought and nitrogen stress tolerance in maize: from theory to practice	
Ano de publicação: 	2000	
Fonte/Imprenta: 	México, DF: CIMMYT, 2000.	
Páginas: 	68 p.	
ISBN: 	970-648-46-3	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Conteúdo: 	Introduction - why breed for drought and low N tolerance?; Conceptual framework - breeding; Conventional approaches to improving the drought and low N tolerance of maize; Conventional approaches challenged; The challenge of breeding for drought and low N tolerance; Maize under drought and low N stress; Conceptual framework - physiology; Water and the maize plant; Nitrogen and the maize plant; Maize under drought and low N stress - consequences for breeding; Stress management; Drought; Low N stress; Statistical designs and layout of experiments; Increasing the number of replicates; Improved statistical designs; Field layout; Border effects from alleys; Secondary traits; Why use secondary traits?; How do we decide on the value of secondary traits in a drought or low N breeding program?; Secondary traits that help to identify drought tolerance; Secondary traits that help to identify low N tolerance: Selection indices - Combining information on secondary traits with grain yield; Combining information from various experiments; Breeding strategies; Choice of germplasm; Breeding schemes; Biotechnology: potential and constraints for improving drought and low N tolerance; The role of the farmer in selection; What is farmer participatory research and why is it important?; What is new about farmer participatory research?; Participatory methodologies.	
Palavras-Chave: 	Saara.	
Thesagro: 	Milho; Produção Vegetal; Projeto de Pesquisa; Resistência a Seca; Seleção.	
Thesaurus Nal: 	Africa.	
Categoria do assunto: 	--	
Registro original: 	Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste (CPAO)	
Exemplares: 	CPAO - (18425-1) - ADP - LV - -- - 633.15 - B219b - 02.0000080 - DIS