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2017 Technical Report - Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Seed System for Cassava in Nigeria
Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Seed System for Cassava in Nigeria
Impact of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria
This report answers the following key research question: Does adoption of improved cassava varieties have any significant causal effects on productivity and poverty? The results of this project showed that about 60% of the ...
Release of 1 or 2 stable soybean varieties in each region
Twelve genotypes were planted at two sites in Malawi, Dowa and Nkotakota, under zero phosphorus application and at 24 kg/ha phosphorus application. Due to the severe drought, trials at Nkotakota were written off. The results ...
Development of tools, technologies and platforms for genotyping, sequencing and informatics in legumes
As
compared
to
major
cereal
crops,
CRP
mandated
legume
crops
in
general
didn’t
enjoy
the
availability
of
genomic
resources
unUl
recently.
Under
the
framework
of
CRP-‐Grain
Legumes,
significant
advances
have
been
made
in ...
Africa RISING in West Africa: Some phase I achievements
Presenation on Africa RISING in West Africa: Some phase I achievements
Selection from segregating population across major agroecologies
A wild cowpea relative TVnu 1158 was identified three years ago and crossed to two cultivated lines IT99K-573-1-1 and IT98K-556-6. A total of 244 F9 Recombinant Inbred lines (RILs) from TVnu 1158 x IT99K-573-1-1 were ...
Effectiveness of predictive markers for marker assisted selection of pro-vitamin A carotenoids in medium-late maturing maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines
Development of pro-vitamin A (PVA) biofortified staple crops has been promoted as an option for addressing vitamin A deficiency in humans. Recently, crtRBI, lcyE and zep1 genes of carotenoid biosynthesis pathway have been ...
Africa RISING in East and Southern Africa: Some phase I achievements
Presentation on Africa RISING in East and Southern Africa: Some phase I achievements
Screening cowpea germplasm (cultivated and wild relatives) for aphid resistance
A total set of 376 entries including 374 mini-core accessions, 1 resistant check (TVu801) and 1 susceptible check (TVx 3236) were evaluated in screening cages at Kano and screen house at Cotonou for resistance to cowpea ...