Almost all maize growing farmers of Nepal during winter grow multinational maize hybrids, hence there is a challenge to develop competitive maize hybrids of our own.
Dear Tika Karki
The CIMMYT international center has a mandate for maize as an International non profit. I recommend to you might make a formal request for germplasm adapted to your zone which you will describe in some detail.
Then make a request for materials to be used to develop a Synthetic Hybrid Population which would be used under open pollination to get high production under local conditions without depression of yield and quality of inbreeding.
The composite synthetic hybrid pollination would not need any continuing buying of seed have local adaptation and should yield with 10% of the some top hybrids.
If you can get some 5 to 7 inbred lines with heterosis and high local adaptability the open pollinating composite should be effective in a self propagating seed source.
You will not have same high yield potential as the best adapted hybrid however.
Some Considerations,
Dear Paul Reed Hepperly
Greetings from Nepal
I appreciate your suggestion and consider valuable for us. Yes, we are testing the heat and drought tolerant materials from CIMMYT. Some of the lines are doing well and aim to demonstrate in large scale. In order to make sustainable maize hybridization in Nepal, we certainly will follow your suggestion.Hoping to be guided in future too.
With regards
Tika
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