Use of Thermal Time to Predict Phenology of Kenyan Maize Germplasm.

dc.bibliographicCitation.endpage121en
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue3en
dc.bibliographicCitation.stpage103en
dc.bibliographicCitation.titleEast African Agricultural and Forestry Journalen
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume55en
dc.contributor.authorLenga, F.K.
dc.contributor.authorKeating, B.A.
dc.contributor.institutionKenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), NARC-Muguga, Nairobi.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-02T09:30:40Z
dc.date.available2015-07-02T09:30:40Z
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.description.abstractMaize is the major cereal crop in Kenya and is and regions (Wafula and Keating, 1990), and grown at altitudes from sea-level to above 2800 applied to an analysis of the risks associated with m. Temperatures are strongly correlated with plant population and nitrogen management altitude in this equatorial region (Griffiths, strategies (Keating et al., 1989). 1972); mean annual temperatures in maize growing areas range from 13 to 27 C. Rainfall regimes The wider application of such models requires that they adequately simulate the variation in vary greatly across the country, from the semicrop growth and development that arises from arid eastern midlands with less than 250 mm rainfall expectation in a very short season, to the the use of different germplasm in different agro-ecozones. The objective of this study was to humid central highlands which receive more than 1600 mm over a much longer growing season. examine how genotype and environment affect A diverse range of germplasm has been de-maize growth and development. This was done to veloped within Kenya (Harrison; 1970) to pro-evaluate the predictive routines currently used to vide adaptation to a wide range of agro-simulate various growth and development proecozones. cesses. Some information was already available (Cooper, 1979) but this was restricted to one The relationships between altitude, tempera-cultivar and was not specifically targetted toture and maize growth have been studied in wards simulation.en
dc.description.notesKenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), NARC-Muguga, P.O. Box 30148, Nairobi.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Research
dc.identifier.citationLenga, F. K., & Keating, B. A. (1990). Use of Thermal Time to Predict Phenology of Kenyan Maize Germplasm. East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal, 55(3), 103–121. https://doi.org/10.1080/00128325.1990.11663576en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00128325.1990.11663576
dc.identifier.issn0012-8325*
dc.identifier.urihttps://kalroerepository.kalro.org/handle/0/1887
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subject.agrovocPhenologyen
dc.subject.agrovocMaizeen
dc.subject.agrovocGermplasmen
dc.subject.agrovocCereal cropsen
dc.titleUse of Thermal Time to Predict Phenology of Kenyan Maize Germplasm.en
dc.typeJournal Contribution*
dc.type.refereedRefereeden
dc.type.specifiedArticleen

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