Developing maize-breeding methods and cultivars to meet the challenge of climate change

Table of contents1 Introduction
2 Early developments in breeding
3 Hybrid breeding: heterosis
4 Inbred–hybrid breeding
5 Limitations in current breeding techniques
6 Exploiting genetic diversity
7 Breeding for marginal environments
8 High-throughput phenotyping
9 Case study: use of exotic germplasm
10 Case study: short-season quality maize hybrids
11 Case study: cold and drought-resistant varieties
12 Summary and future trends
13 References