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Dr. Kevin Pixley |
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CIMMYT |
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Contact details
P.O. Box MP 163, Harare, Zimbabwe
Phone: +263 (4) 301807
Fax: +263 (4) 301327
Email direct:
K.Pixley@cgiar.org
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Maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)
causes extensive damage to stored maize (Zea mays),
particularly to grain stored on-farm without chemical protectants.
Breeding of maize varieties with improved weevil resistance, however,
is not practiced to any significant extent, because of uncertain
probability of success and because seed producers generally consider
storability of grain to be outside of their responsibility. The
Rockefeller Foundation-funded Weevil Project, at CIMMYT, has guided a
total of four graduate students through a progression of studies
investigating the genetics of weevil resistance and exploring
practical methods for breeding maize with increased resistance to
weevil.
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