Phytate is an important antinutritional component of legume seeds, which chelates minerals that are essential to the human diet such as iron and zinc. Phytate levels are often correlated with total seed phosphorus (P). The objective of this research was to evaluate quantitative trait loci (QTL) f...
Blair, Matthew W.
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Sandoval Medina, TA
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Caldas, GV
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Beebe, Stephen E.
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Paez, MI
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[Quantitative trait locus analysis of seed phosphorus and seed phytate content in a recombinant inbred line population of common bean]
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Quantitative trait locus analysis of seed phosphorus and seed phytate content in a recombinant inbred line population of common bean
The food price crisis has led to assumptions that food price rises are due to inadequate food production, and that such food insecurity is linked to seed insecurity. Hence, in response to high food prices, seed resources worth hundreds of millions of US dollars are being shipped into vulnerable f...
McGrath, S.
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Sperling, L.
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[The links between food security and seed security and seed security : facts and fiction that guide response]
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The links between food security and seed security and seed security : facts and fiction that guide response
Seed interventions are the major agricultural response during emergency and recovery phases of humanitarian relief. They are implemented by diverse agencies, and widely promoted: for instance the FAO alone managed 400 such projects between 2003 and 2005. However, seed aid suffers from a lack of c...
Background:
Iron deficiency anemia is a global problem which often affects women and children of developing countries. Strategy I plants, such as common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) take up iron through a process that involves an iron reduction mechanism in their roots; this reduction is required...
Blair, Matthew W.
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Knewtson, SJB
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Astudillo, Carolina
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Li, CM
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Fernández, A.C.
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Grusak, M.A.
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[Variation and inheritance of iron reductase activity in the roots of Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and association with seed iron accumulations QTL]
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Variation and inheritance of iron reductase activity in the roots of Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and association with seed iron accumulations QTL
Parameters for the production of high-quality cassava seed are presented. The 3 aspects considered regarding the seed should be genetic (branching habit and overall vigor), physiological (seed age, nutrition, and viability, age of mother plant), and sanitary. Both systemic (fungi, bacteria, mycop...
Al-Tam, F.
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Adam, H.
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Anjos, A. dos
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Lorieux, Mathias
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Larmande, Pierre
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Ghesquière, Alain
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Jouannic, Stefan
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Reza Shahbazkia, H
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[P-TRAP: A panicle trait phenotyping tool]
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P-TRAP: A panicle trait phenotyping tool
Smale, Melinda
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Simpungwe, Eliab
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Birol, Ekin
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Kassie, Girma T.
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Groot, Hugo de
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Mutale, Raphael
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[The changing structure of the maize seed industry in Zambia: prospects for orange maize]
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The changing structure of the maize seed industry in Zambia: prospects for orange maize
This article addresses concerns of technology dissemination for small farmers, specifically focusing on the diffusion of new varieties of a self-pollinating crop. Based on bean seed systems research in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, it shows four commonly-held basi...
David, S.
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Sperling, L.
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[Improving technology delivery mechanisms: Lessons from bean seed systems research in eastern and central Africa]
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Improving technology delivery mechanisms: Lessons from bean seed systems research in eastern and central Africa
González Franco, Joaquín
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Douglas, Johnson E.
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Arregocés, Oscar
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[Producción y beneficio de semillas certificada de arroz]
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Producción y beneficio de semillas certificada de arroz
Several species of fungi belonging to 20 genera were isolated from bean seeds obtained from small farmers in the states of Huila, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia and Narino (Colombia). Seeds from Huila had a higher percentage of fungi and germination in vitro was lower than for seeds from the other st...
Ellis, M.A.
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Gálvez E., Guillermo E.
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Sinclair, J.B.
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[Hongos internamente portados por la semilla y calidad de la semilla de frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cosechado en fincas de pequenos agricultores en cuatro departamentos de Colombia]
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Hongos internamente portados por la semilla y calidad de la semilla de frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cosechado en fincas de pequenos agricultores en cuatro departamentos de Colombia