Progress achieved in the breeding of maize in Mauritius
| MSI99P2413 | |
| Rummun, D. Govinden, N. | |
| Progress achieved in the breeding of maize in Mauritius | |
| Periodical article | |
| 1996 | |
| Revue agric. sucr. Ile Maurice | |
| 75 (2), 28-32 | |
| Published 1997 | |
| En | |
| En Fr | |
| Breeding of maize in Mauritius started in 1970 with the initial objective of developing early-maturing varieties for intercropping with sugar cane. The first one, MSIRI 1, was released in 1980, and since then 3 other varieties have been released. The development of varieties for full stand plantation was undertaken as from 1982, and varieties EMV 7A and MSIRI 6 were released in 1989. Breeding for vegetable corn was started in 1994 and led to the release of one hyvrid at the end of 1995. A sweet corn breeding programme has also been initiated with the aim of producing more palatable green cobs. A further addition to the breeding programme was the development of varieties for Rodrigues where maize is the main crop. An early-maturing composite was developed from the Rodriguan ecotyp0es and was released as MSIRI 3A in 1987. An MSV-resistant vwersion of the c0omposite, MSIRI 3B, was released in 1992. | |
| MAIZE BREEDING MATURATION VEGETABLE CORN SWEET CORN | |
| MAURITIUS RODRIGUES | |
| Maize breeding | |
| 1997-05-05 | |
| En | |
| LIB | |
| CAT | |
| FC |