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Genotyping of 10000 individuals annually to make early generation selection decisions
Genotyping for FAD mutant alleles was initially done using allele-specific (AS-PCR) and cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) markers for detection of heterozygotes and homozygotes, respectively (Janila et al., ...
Study shows consumer acceptance to diversify staples with smart foods
A study in Tanzania and Myanmar analyzed consumer acceptance of pigeonpea, millets and sorghum in a variety of forms in both rural and urban markets. The crops were trialed to diversify staples to improve nutrition and ...
Groundnut Network Group – Asia (GNG–A) Workshop 2018 - Minutes
The Groundnut Network Group-Asia (GNG-A) represented by multi-disciplinary teams from CG, NARS, NGOs and private sector to strengthen the ‘crop breeding, testing and delivery pipelines’ of groundnut in Asia. The Network ...
Impacts of early maturing chickpea improved cultivars in Myanmar
This study presents the success story of the adoption and diffusion of improved early maturing chickpea cultivars in Myanmar. The experience in the country, particularly exemplifies evidences that adoption of technologies ...
Technological perspectives for plant breeding
New Breeding Technologies? For some, both inside and outside
the scientific community, this phrase is synonymous
with gene editing—or used exclusively to describe the
application of CRISPR/Cas9 to plant improvement. Much
as, ...