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Root hair length evaluated
A field trial was conducted during the dry season (May to July 2016) at Darien, Valle del Cauca-Colombia, The BASE (Bean Abiotic Stress Evaluation). The BASE trial included 80 bean genotypes: 58 belong to Mesoamerican gene ...
Demand is quantified for common bean
This objective was completed ahead of schedule, but a summary is presented here. Data on production of pulses and human population suggest that per capita consumption must be declining. This raises critical questions among ...
Nomination of Cassava Variety, Poundable (TMEB693), for Registration and Release for Fresh Roots Markets in Nigeria
The variety presented here for registration and release would serve as a replacement for older poundable or ‘boil and eat’ varieties, now out of cultivation, but persistently requested for by consumers and growers. We ...
Piloting the G+ customer and product profile tools for gender-responsive cassava breeding in Nigeria
The G+ tools developed by the CGIAR Crosscutting Research program, ‘Roots Tubers and Bananas’ through the Gender and Breeding Initiative provide a first attempt in streamlining a systematic social/gender inclusive customer ...
Breeding lines with improved performance under P and water limitation. Improved lines for combined stress of drought and low P identified
Simple, 3-way and double (4 parent) crosses are created among stress tolerant parents, and including parents for high grain iron. F2 populations are screened under drought stress and promising families are harvested in ...