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Multi cob-bearing popcorn (Puakzo) maize: a unique landrace of Mizoram, North East, India [1]

Since 1976, in the northeastern hill region of Mizoram intensive collections of maize landraces were made by ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi and diversity of landraces maize from this region comprised 36% of the total collection from whole India, which was the highest number of accession among other regions . The maize landraces in this region were reported to show extensive variability for plant, tassel, ear and kernel characteristics, and are interesting from the viewpoints of breeding, diffusion and evolution of maize. (Correspondence)

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
25/04/2016
A. Ratankumar Singh [3], S. B. Singh [4], S. K. Dutta & et al [5]
Current Science [6]
110
8
1392-1393
Tags:
Maize [7], Agriculture [8], Crop Biodiversity [9], Mizoram [10], North East [11], Nutrition [12]
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[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/110/08/1392.pdf
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-b-singh
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-k-dutta-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maize
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-biodiversity
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mizoram
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-east
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition