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CIMMYT Breeding Progress for Tolerance to Maize Lethal Necrosis in Eastern Africa.

Michael Olsen1, Biswanath Das1, Yoseph Beyene2, Lewis Machida3, Dan Makumbi1, Mosisa Regasa1, Manje Gowda1, MacDonald Jumbo1, Kassa Semagn1, George Mahuku4, Rumbidzai Matemba Mutasa5, Monica Mezzalama6, Denise E. Costich7, Terence Molnar7, Daniel P Jeffers8, James Karanja9, Mark Jones10, Margaret Redinbaugh10 and Prasanna B.M.1, (1)Global Maize Program, CIMMYT, Nairobi, Kenya, (2)Global Maize Program, CIMMYT, Nairobi , KENYA, (3)Bioversity International, Kampala, Uganda, (4)Plant Production and Health, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Dar es salaam, Tanzania, (5)Global Maize Program, CIMMYT, Harare, Zimbabwe, (6)CIMMYT, Texcoco, Mexico, (7)Global Resources Program, CIMMYT, Texcoco, Mexico, (8)Institute of Food Crops(CIMMYT-China), Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Kunming, China, (9)Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Nairobi, Kenya, (10)Corn Soybean and Wheat Quality Research, USDA ARS, Wooster, OH