The East African highland banana (Musa spp. AAA) is an economically important food crop. The crop is affected by a number of diseases and pests. Genetic improvement of the crop is hindered by very low seed set and poor seed germination. The objective of this study was to compare seed set, seed qu...
Ssebuliba, R.
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Talengera, D.
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Makumbi, Dan
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Namanya, P.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Pillay, M.
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[Reproductive efficiency and breeding potential of East African highland (Musa AAAEA) bananas]
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Reproductive efficiency and breeding potential of East African highland (Musa AAAEA) bananas
Controlled pollination in root and tuber crops is challenging. Complex ploidy, cross-incompatibility, erratic flowering patterns, outcrossing, etc., limit the efficiency of breeding progress in these crops. Half-sib breeding that involves random pollination among parents is a viable method to har...
Norman, P.E.
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Asfaw, A.
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Tongoona, P.B.
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Danquah, A.
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Danquah, E.Y.
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Koeyer, D. de
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Can parentage analysis facilitate breeding activities in root and tuber crops?]
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Can parentage analysis facilitate breeding activities in root and tuber crops?
Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.), is an important grain legume grown in the tropics where it constitutes a valuable source of protein in the diets of millions of people. Some abiotic and biotic stresses adversely affect its productivity. A review of the genetics, genomics and breeding of cowpea is ...
Boukar, O.
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Belko, N.
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Chamarthi, S.
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Togola, A.
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Batieno, J.
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Owusu, E.
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Haruna, M.
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Diallo, S.
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Umar, M.L.
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Olufajo, O.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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[Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata): Genetics, genomics and breeding]
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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata): Genetics, genomics and breeding
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important staple food in sub-Saharan Africa. Breeding experiments were conducted at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in cassava to select elite parents. Taking into account the heterogeneity in the field while evaluating these trials can...
Elias, A.A.
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Rabbi, Ismail Y.
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Kulakow, P.A.
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Jannink, Jean-Luc
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[Improving genomic prediction in cassava field experiments using spatial analysis]
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Improving genomic prediction in cassava field experiments using spatial analysis
Pigeonpea is increasingly playing a critical role in the lives of many farmers in the semi-arid tropics, where it is grown for both subsistence and commercial use. The recent availability of genomic resources opened a new chapter in pigeonpea breeding and has led to a lot of progress in a relativ...
Marker-assisted recurrent selection (MARS) is a breeding method used to accumulate favorable alleles that for example confer tolerance to drought in inbred lines from several genomic regions within a single population. A bi-parental cross formed from two parents that combine resistance to Striga ...
Abdulmalik, R.O.
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Menkir, A.
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Meseka, S.K.
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Unachukwu, N.N.
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Ado, S.G.
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Olarewaju, J.D.
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Aba, D.A.
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Hearne, S.
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Crossa, J.
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Gedil, M.
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[Genetic gains in grain yield of a maize population improved through marker assisted recurrent selection under stress and non-stress conditions in west Africa]
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Genetic gains in grain yield of a maize population improved through marker assisted recurrent selection under stress and non-stress conditions in west Africa
The objective of marker assisted recurrent selection (MARS) is to increase the frequency of favorable marker alleles in a population before inbred line extraction. This approach was used to improve drought tolerance and grain yield (GY) in a biparental cross of two elite drought tolerant lines. T...
Bankole, F.
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Menkir, A.
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Olaoye, G.
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Crossa, J.
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Hearne, S.
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Unachukwu, N.N.
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Gedil, M.
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[Genetic gains in yield and yield related traits under drought stress and favorable environments in a maize population improved using marker assisted recurrent selection]
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Genetic gains in yield and yield related traits under drought stress and favorable environments in a maize population improved using marker assisted recurrent selection
Striga hermonthica and drought are the major stresses limiting maize yields in sub-Saharan Africa. The search for diverse maize lines’ tolerance to drought and resistance to S. hermonthica (DTSTHR) is very crucial for yield improvement in areas affected by the two stresses. Understanding the gene...
Mengesha, W.
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Menkir, A.
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Unachukwu, N.N.
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Meseka, S.K.
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Farinola, A.
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Girma Tessema, G.
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Gedil, M.
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[Genetic diversity of tropical maize inbred lines combining resistance to Striga hermonthica with drought tolerance using SNP markers]
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Genetic diversity of tropical maize inbred lines combining resistance to Striga hermonthica with drought tolerance using SNP markers
Although yield and total biomass produced by annual legumes
remain major objectives for breeders, other issues such as
environment-friendly, resource use efficiency including symbiotic
performance, resilient production in the context of climate change,
adaptation to sustainable cropping systems (...
Duc, G.
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Agrama, H.
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Bao, S.
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Berger, J.
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Bourion, V.
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Ron, A.M. de
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Gowda, C.L.L.
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Mikic, A.
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Millot, D.
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Singh, K.B.
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Tullu, A.
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Vandenberg, A.
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Vaz Patto, Maria C
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Warkentin, T.D.
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Zong, X.
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[Breeding annual grain legumes for sustainable agriculture: New methods to approach complex traits and target new cultivar ideotypes]
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Breeding annual grain legumes for sustainable agriculture: New methods to approach complex traits and target new cultivar ideotypes
El-Sharkawy, Mabrouk A.
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[Prospects of photosynthetic research for increasing agricultural productivity, with emphasis on the tropical C4 Amaranthus and the cassava C3-C4 crops]
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Prospects of photosynthetic research for increasing agricultural productivity, with emphasis on the tropical C4 Amaranthus and the cassava C3-C4 crops