Maize Test Cross Performance Under Drought and Well-Watered Conditions in Kenya, 2019

Goshime Muluneh Mekasha published trait BLUE mean performance data for test crosses and checks. The dataset contains results from evaluations conducted in drought stress and well-watered environments in Kenya during 2019. It is a 5.5 KB XLS file available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Compare drought tolerance of different maize crosses based on trait BLUE mean performance.
• Evaluate the performance of check varieties under stress and optimal conditions.
• Identify promising crosses for further breeding programs based on environmental performance data.

Strengths

• Data is focused on a specific agricultural challenge: drought stress in Kenya.
• The dataset is openly licensed (CC-BY-4.0) for reuse.
• It provides a direct comparison between drought stress and well-watered environments.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small (5.5 KB), indicating limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 17:38:21; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kenya