Optimizing breeding strategies for early-maturing white maize through genetic diversity and population structure

• Hellen Mawia Mukiti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (including Health and Agriculture), University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3584-5454

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• Baffour Badu-Apraku,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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• Ayodeji Abe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Crop and Horticultural Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

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• Idris Ishola Adejumobi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: i.adejumobi@cgiar.org

  Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6533-0612

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• John Derera

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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