Genetic Insights from Line × Tester analysis of Maize Lethal Necrosis testcrosses for developing multi-stress-resilient hybrids in Sub-Saharan Africa

Manje Gowda; Yoseph Beyene; Suresh Lingadahalli Mahabaleswara; Veronica Ogugo; Manigben Kulai Amadu; Vijay Chaikam

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0339252

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Genetic Insights from Line × Tester analysis of Maize Lethal Necrosis testcrosses for developing multi-stress-resilient hybrids in Sub-Saharan Africa

Manje Gowda ,

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

^* m.gowda@cgiar.org (MG); y.beyene@cgiar.org (YB)

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4434-6364

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Yoseph Beyene ,

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

^* m.gowda@cgiar.org (MG); y.beyene@cgiar.org (YB)

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya
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Suresh Lingadahalli Mahabaleswara,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6438-6502

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Veronica Ogugo,

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya, West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (CIMMYT), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Manigben Kulai Amadu,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya, West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (CIMMYT), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Tamale, Nyankpala, Ghana
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Vijay Chaikam

Roles Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya
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Genetic Insights from Line × Tester analysis of Maize Lethal Necrosis testcrosses for developing multi-stress-resilient hybrids in Sub-Saharan Africa

Manje Gowda,
Yoseph Beyene,
Suresh Lingadahalli Mahabaleswara,
Veronica Ogugo,
Manigben Kulai Amadu,
Vijay Chaikam

Published: February 25, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0339252

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