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Title Open pollinated maize varieties: do they have scope in south Asia? Lessons from Pakistan
 
Names Issa, A.B.
Maqbool, M.A.
Khokhar, E.S.
Anwar, M.W.
Saleem, S.
Imtiaz, M.
Date Issued 2018 (iso8601)
Abstract The bulk (above 70%) of Pakistan's 6 million tons maize production comes from the Punjab province where farmers use predominately (90%) hybrid maize. However, hybrid covers about 30-40% of the maize area in Pakistan and farmers in the northern areas use open pollinated varieties (OPVs). Absolute replacement of OPVs with hybrids is not feasible due technical skills, resource limitations and financial constraints. Therefore, current study explored the grain yield potential of improved OPVs and their adaptation pattern at the different agro ecologies of Pakistan.
Genre Presentation
Access Condition Open Access
Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10883/20015