Chiclayo, hosted the Second Annual Project Monitoring and Planning FONTAGRO "Generation and validation of maize varieties tolerant to drought as a means stabilize the productivity and reduce damage by mycotoxins as a result of climate change, "held from 17 to 21 January at a downtown hotel in the province. The research assistants explained the progress of their research work concerning the development of maize varieties tolerant to drought. Participated in this meeting, Dr. George and Dr. Felix Mahuku San Vicente, both researchers at the International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) - Mexico, Dr. Luis Narro, CIMMYT researcher, Colombia, Mr. Alicia Medina, Ing . Injante and Dr. Teodoro Pedro Narro, researchers at the National Institute for Agrarian Innovation (INIA) - Peru, Dr. Roman Gordon, a researcher at the IDIAP-Panama, Dr. Sergio Mejia of CORPOICA-Colombia, Mr. Brennan and Mr. Gonzalo Pineda Angela Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology, Mr. Oscar Cruz of Honduras and Mr. Karen Osorio CIMMYT.
Each gave about the activities developed with their research plots in the past year in each of their countries. They explained about the varieties and hybrids that have better agronomic performance in a stressful environment created by the low water use, evaluating at the same time, resistance to diseases such as ear rot. As part of this meeting also executed A course on ear rots in corn and abiotic stresses, which served to make known to researchers on fungi and mycotoxins most commonly associated with grains of corn, their characteristics, effects on human health and recommendations for good agricultural practices.
also visited the U.S.. Vista Florida, in order to evaluate "in situ" experimental plots which were planted corn trials FONTAGRO Project. The explanation, in the field, was a Injante by Engineer Pedro Silva, Head of PNI Corn, who detailed the agricultural management that was given to the experimental plots. The procedure followed was off the water 20 days before flowering and replace it 22 days after flowering. All of this stage is considered the most critical health and production of grain to rot. By contrast, in another plot, which also used drip irrigation INIA, installed the same 14 experiments, but without any water stress, as the crop received water as needed.
Visiting researchers evaluated and found to have excellent hybrids for release in Peru and the countries of the project FONTAGRO.
For this year, we planned experimental run 131 trials, of which 8 were performed in the U.S.. Vista Florida. It was also decided that the next meeting will take place follow-up project in the city of Mexico is estimated that by the end of 2012 being met in order to generate at least 02 varieties of yellow corn and two white grain combine high yield potential with drought tolerance and resistance to A. Favus and F. verticillioides and a reduced accumulation of mycotoxins, thus contributing to food security.
