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Mainstreaming Efficient Legume Seed Systems in Eastern Africa: Challenges, opportunities and contributions towards improved livelihoods
This technical paper begins with an introduction to
grain legumes and their importance in Eastern Africa,
followed by trends in production and productivity,
variety development, release and promotion.
It proposes and ...
Genome-Enabled Prediction Models for Yield Related Traits in Chickpea
Genomic selection (GS) unlike marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) predicts breeding
values of lines using genome-wide marker profiling and allows selection of lines prior
to field-phenotyping, thereby shortening the breeding ...
Variety adoption and seed commercial behavior: Implications for the chickpea seed system in Ethiopia
This Working Paper presents the yield gaps, adoption of improved varieties, and commercial behavior relating to seed by smallholder chickpea producers. It is based on primary data generated in 2017 from 612 randomly selected ...