Ear-rot-causing fungi, including Aspergillus and Fusarium spp., are common in maize in West and Central Africa. These fungi contaminate maize with mycotoxins that pose serious potential health hazards to humans in these areas. A collaborative germplasm screening project was initiated between the ...
Menkir, A.
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Brown, R.L.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Chen, Z.Y.
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Cleveland, T.E.
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[Breeding maize for resistance to mycotoxins at IITA]
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Breeding maize for resistance to mycotoxins at IITA
Despite considerable efforts of Musa improvement programmes, banana and plantain production still depends upon a limited number of landraces selected by man from the natural germplasm. Inability to replace land-races by cultivars obtained through cross-breeding creates the increased risk of epide...
During the last decade, genomics research has generated new insights into potato genetics and made possible new strategies for varietal improvement. The most commonly grown and eaten potato is an autotetraploid, highly heterozygote crop suffering from rapid inbreeding depression. The genetic impr...
Recurrent selection under artificial S. hermonthica infestation has significantly reduced the number of emerged Striga plants and increased grain yield under Striga infestation in broad-based populations. These populations have been sources of varieties and inbred lines with consistently high lev...
Menkir, A.
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Badu-Apraku, B.
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Yallou, C.G.
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Kamara, A.Y.
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Ejeta, G.
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[Breeding maize for broad-based resistance to striga hermonthica]
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Breeding maize for broad-based resistance to striga hermonthica
Clonal propagation of fruits, flowers, and forest trees leads to high levels of heterozygosity, fixes favorable combinations of traits, eliminates undesirable deleterious effects, allows easy identification, propagation of favorable mutations, and is an efficient method for in vitro and ex vitro ...
Gemenet, D.
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Khan, A.
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[Opportunities and challenges to implementing genomic selection in clonally propagated crops.]
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Opportunities and challenges to implementing genomic selection in clonally propagated crops.
Yams (Dioscorea spp., Dioscoreaceae), grown either for their starchy tubers or medicinal properties, are important crops in the tropics and subtropics. Yams broaden the food base and provide food security and income to over 300 million people. They are vegetatively propagated and comprise both di...
Mignouna, H.D.
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Abang, Mathew M.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Genomics of yams, a common source of food and medicine in the tropics]
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Genomics of yams, a common source of food and medicine in the tropics
Abifarin, A.O.
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[Objectives in rice breeding program at IITA and elsewhere: IITA/WARDA Rice Training Course, 11th July, 1973]
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Objectives in rice breeding program at IITA and elsewhere: IITA/WARDA Rice Training Course, 11th July, 1973