Siddaiah Chandra Nayaka

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding for Resistance to Northern Corn Leaf Blight in Maize: A Critical Synthesis of Recent Advances and Future Priorities

M. Udayashetty, Muntagodu Shreekanth Sowmya, Hirenallur Chandappa Lohithaswa, Mallana Gowdra Mallikarjuna & Siddaiah Chandra Nayaka · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2026

Northern corn leaf blight is a recurrent constraint on maize production across temperate, subtropical and tropical environments. Resistance breeding has progressed from phenotypic selection and race-specific Ht genes to high-density mapping, genomic prediction, functional genomic...