Breeding of speciality maize for industrial purposes

Liposome Technology for Industrial Purposes

Liposomes, spherical vesicles consisting of one or more phospholipid bilayers, were first described in the mid 60s by Bangham and coworkers. Since then, liposomes have made their way to the market. Today, numerous lab scale but only a few large-scale techniques are available. However, a lot of these methods have serious limitations in terms of entrapment of sensitive molecules due to their expo...

Combining maize base germplasm for cold tolerance breeding

Translating Biochemistry to Breeding for High Carotenoid Traits in Maize

Combined use of association mapping and linkage analysis is highly effective in the identification of loci governing quantitatively inherited traits. In this strategy, the underlying genetic basis and function of QTL can be tested through a hypothesis driven approach that draws upon biochemical information from model species. Results from the linkage mapping experiment can then be reconsidered ...

Breeding Maize for Drought Tolerance in the US Corn-Belt

The objective of this review is to promote discussion on some of the key issues we consider to be involved in successful long-term genetic improvement of corn for drought tolerance. Many of the concepts have been discussed elsewhere for different crops, traits and different breeding targets. Here we focus on how to organize a comprehensive effort to enable breeding for drought tolerance in a he...

Breeding and disseminating quality protein maize (QPM) for Africa

Quality protein maize (QPM) describes a range of maize cultivars with twice the content of limiting amino acids lysine and tryptophan compared with conventional maize, and has been developed to help reduce human malnutrition in areas where protein deficiency is prevalent and where maize is the major protein source in the diet, as in various parts of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The International M...