Vol. 57 No. 2 (2012)

Published: 2012-11-30

Commentary

Heterosis-What art thou?

James A Birchler

92-95
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Response to Birchler: Heterosis is partly a sub-problem of quantitative genetics, but its solution may depend on understanding the mysterious genetics of quantity

Michael Freeling

96-97
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Articles

A rapid and effective method for dormancy breakage and germination of King of Bitters (Andrographis paniculata Nees.) seeds

Daryush Talei, Alireza Valdiani, Mohd Puad Abdullah, Siti Aishah Hassan

98-105
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Carotenoid and SSR marker-based diversity assessment among short duration maize (Zea mays L) genotypes

Abhijit Dumas Das, N K Singh

106-113
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Agronomic response of drought-tolerant and Striga-resistant maize cultivars to nitrogen fertilization in the Nigerian Guinea savannahs

Alpha Y Kamara, Sylvester U Ewansiha, Abebe Menkir, Abdullah I Tofa

114-120
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Expected responses to selection for resistance to the pink stem borer (Sesamia calamistis Hampson) and the sugarcane borer (Eldana saccharina Walker) in two maize populations

Qudrah Oloyede-kamiyo, Sam O Ajala, Malachy O Akoroda

121-128
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Mycorrhizal symbiosis and bioavailability of micronutrients in maize grain

Natarajan Balakrishnan, Kizhaeral S Subramanian

129-138
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Variation in agronomic characters among high and low nitrogen S2 maize (Zea mays L) lines grown in high and low nitrogen environments

Timon Ogheneweware Emede, Joseph Eke Alika

139-146
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Overexpression of an Incw2 gene in endosperm improved yield-related traits in maize

Yaou Shen, Shujun Li, Zhou Jiang, Langlang Ma, Haijian Lin, Huanwei Peng, Li Liu, Guangsheng Yuan, Maojun Zhao, Shibin Gao, Zhiming Zhang, Guangtang Pan

147-153
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Molecular characterization of tropical sweet corn inbred lines using microsatellite markers

Pedram Kashiani, Ghizan Saleh, Jothi Malar Panandam, Nur Ashikin Psyquay Abdullah, Ahmad Selamat

154-163
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Phenotypic and genetic variation of Jatropha curcas L populations from different countries

Alireza Biabani, Mohd Y Rafii, Ghizan B Saleh, Mahmoodreza Shabanimofrad, Md Abdul Latif

164-171
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