January 2017

Agro-morphological variability of Zea mays (L.) accessions collected in Southern Benin

A better approach to assess plant genetic diversity is the agro-morphological characterization. The main objective of this study was to investigate the morphological variability of 87 maize (Zea mays L.) accessions collected in different agro-ecological zones of southern Benin. Thus, 16 agro-morphological characters (seven quantitative and nine qualitative) were selected from the maize descriptors. The experimental...

Author(s): Hafiz A. Salami, Haziz Sina, Nouhoun Zoumarou Wallis, Wilfrid Padonou, Djima Aly, Chabi Yallou, Kamirou Chabi-Sika, Pacôme A. Noumavo, Adolphe Adjanohoun and Lamine Baba-Moussa