The Crop Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed four new varieties of maize to replace the old varieties, which were released over a decade ago and had started showing deficiencies in key traits in disease susceptibility and lodging.
The development of the new varieties was also to answer numerous demands by consumers and industry since the yellow Quality Protein Maize varieties were particularly targeted at the poultry and livestock industry.
