December 2024

Phenotypic diversity, heritability and environmental sensitivity in morpho-agronomic traits of Eswatini maize (Zea mays L.) landraces

Maize landraces have the highest genetic variation and adaptation to less favourable farming environments. In Eswatini, maize landraces occupy about 20% of the maize crop planted annually. The current study was undertaken to assess the morpho-agronomic diversity, heritability and genotype by environment interaction among 70 genetically diverse maize landraces collected from different farmers in the country. The maize...

Author(s): Victor B. Simelane, Angeline Van Biljon, Adre Minaar-Ontong and Thembinkosi Gumedze