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Effect of insect pollinator species deployment and interactions with parental inbred lines in hybrid carrot seed production.
(2021)Insect pollinator species are highly valued for their contribution towards cross-pollination in many vegetable crops for food and seed production. Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are a significant main pollinator not only in ... -
Genetic improvement of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) millspaugh] for yield, earliness and resistance to Fusarium wilt (Fusarium udum Butler) in Malawi.
(2020)Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh, 2n=2x=22] is a one of the important food legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Malawi is a major pigeonpea grower in Africa with production of 403,519 tonnes produced in 248,400 ... -
Breeding for resistance to rice yellow mottle virus and improved yield in rice (oryza sativa L.) in Tanzania.
(2020)Rice [Oryza sativa (L.), 2n = 2x = 24] is the second most important staple food crop after wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) serving more than half of the world’s population. In Tanzania, rice is the second most important ... -
Breeding wheat (triticum aestivum L.) for drought tolerance, improved yield and biomass allocation through chemical mutagenesis.
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Efficacy of mon 89034 bt trait in conferring fall armyworm resistance in high yielding three-way and single-cross maize hybrids.
(2020)Maize production, especially in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, is hampered by the fall armyworm (FAW) posing a serious threat to food security and livelihoods. Many methods of control including pesticide use have been tried ... -
Breeding maize for resistance to the fall armyworm (Spodoptera Frugiperda J.E. Smith), improved yield and yield-related traits.
(2020)Maize production and productivity in sub-Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including Zambia, has been severely threatened by the recent arrival of the fall armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith). Several strategies have ... -
Genetic improvement of cowpea [vigna unguiculata (L.) walp.] for grain yield and yield component components in Zambia.
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Breeding groundnut (arachis hypogaea L.) for rust resistance in Tanzania.
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Breeding bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for drought- tolerance in Ethiopia.
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.; 2n=6x=42; AABBDD) is one of the major staple cereal crops in the world. The demand for wheat has rapidly increased in sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia because of the growing population, ... -
Inheritance of post-harvest pest resistance and genetic analysis of combining drought, maize lethal necrosis and maize weevil resistance in tropical maize germplasm.
(2020)Drought stress, maize lethal necrosis (MLN) and storage pests, mainly maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky) and larger grain borer (Prostephanus truncatus Horn), are among the most important maize production ... -
Genetic diversity and combining ability analyses of provitamin A maize (zea mays L.) inbred lines for drought stress tolerance.
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An investigative study of the drought tolerance of F1 maize (Zea mays L.) single crosses derived from PANNAR and CIMMYT inbred lines.
(2015)Drought is the most devastating abiotic stress limiting the production of maize (Zea mays L.) worldwide. The effect of drought stress is greatest in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where most small scale farmers rely on open ... -
Assessment of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) for genetic diversity using agro-morphological traits and SSR markers.
(2019)Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) offers one of the cheapest sources of proteins and economic empowerment to smallholder farmers in Africa, contributing significantly to world production and trade. Thus, improved groundnut ... -
Evaluation of early maturing maize (zea mays L.) hybrids for multiple-stress tolerance.
(2018)Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important cereal in Africa, but a number of constraints including biotic, abiotic and socio-economic factors affect its production. The abiotic factors such as drought, low nitrogen (N) and ... -
The physiology of germination and dormancy in seeds of gynandropsi gynandra L. Briq syn Cleome gynandra L. (Cleomaceae).
(2018)The “spider plant” Gynandropsis gynandra L. Briq,” is an important traditional leafy vegetable in many parts of Africa. The species is considered underutilized and has been mainly neglected by research systems. Yields are ... -
Genotypey by environment interaction, genetic variability and path analysis for grain yield in elite soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] lines.
(2018)Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] is the world’s leading source of protein and vegetable oil. However, its productivity is still low in the region due to limited availability of stable and high yielding cultivars. Therefore, ... -
Breeding for durable resistance to Cercospora Leaf Spot diseases in groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea L.) in Tanzania.
(2018)Lack of high yielding groundnut cultivars tolerant to Cercospora leaf spot disease (CLD) and stable across different environments is one of the challenges to groundnut production by smallholder farmers in Tanzania. This ... -
Evaluation of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] genotypes for grain yield and associated agronomic traits under low and high phosphorus environments.
(2018)Phosphorus is an important element for growth, development and seed formation in soybean and other plant species. This element is less available for plants. The capacity of absorbing phosphorus in the soil varies from one ... -
Genetic studies on host plant resistance to Mexican bean weevil (Zabrotes subfasciatus Boheman) in Ethiopian common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasms.
(2017)The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the second most important food legume in Ethiopia. It is the most important cash crop for the smallholder farmers and has a significant impact on the national economy. However, ... -
Evaluation of rice genotypes for grain yield and resistance to bacterial leaf blight (Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae) disease.
(2018)Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food crop in many African countries including Tanzania. However, both regional and national rice production have failed to meet demand due to several constraints, among which is the ...
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