Journal of
Plant Breeding and Crop Science

  • Abbreviation: J. Plant Breed. Crop Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9758
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPBCS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 447

Full Length Research Paper

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

Hafiz A. Salami
  • Hafiz A. Salami
  • Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi 05 BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Haziz Sina
  • Haziz Sina
  • Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi 05 BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Nouhoun Zoumarou Wallis
  • Nouhoun Zoumarou Wallis
  • Laboratoire de Phytotechnie, d’Amélioration et de la Protection des Plantes, Département des Sciences et Techniques de Production Végétale, Faculté d’Agronomie, Université de Parakou BP 123 Parakou, Bénin.
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Wilfrid Padonou
  • Wilfrid Padonou
  • Programme Technologie Agricole et Alimentaire (PTAA), Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), Porto-Novo, Benin.
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Djima Aly
  • Djima Aly
  • Centre de Recherches Agricoles Sud, Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), Attogon, BP 884 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Chabi Yallou
  • Chabi Yallou
  • Centre de Recherches Agricoles Sud, Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), Attogon, BP 884 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Kamirou Chabi-Sika
  • Kamirou Chabi-Sika
  • Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi 05 BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Pacome A. Noumavo
  • Pacome A. Noumavo
  • Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi 05 BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Adolphe Adjanohoun
  • Adolphe Adjanohoun
  • Centre de Recherches Agricoles Sud, Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), Attogon, BP 884 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Lamine Baba-Moussa
  • Lamine Baba-Moussa
  • Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moléculaire en Microbiologie, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi 05 BP 1604 Cotonou, Bénin.
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  •  Received: 02 November 2016
  •  Accepted: 21 December 2016
  •  Published: 31 January 2017

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