Browsing Masters Degrees (Plant Breeding) by Title
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Responses of ten soybean [ glycine max (L.) merrill] genotypes for yield and nodulation to trichoderma and silicon applications.
(2012)A study was conducted to determine the responses of 10 selected soybean (Glycine max L.) genotypes to potassium silicate (KSi) and Trichoderma harzianum (Eco-T®) applications. Preliminary studies involving two independent ... -
Screening sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) for drought tolerance and high β-carotene content in Mozambique.
(2011)Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas, L.) is one of the important sources of carbohydrates and economic income in Mozambique. As with most of the food crops in Mozambique, it is usually produced by small-scale farmers under ... -
Study of yield stability and breeding for common bacterial blight resistance in SOuth African dry bean germplasm.
(2016)Abstract available in PDF file. -
Study on grain yield stability, molecular diversity and multi-trait relationships among elite soybean lines.
(2018)The demand for soybean production has increased in recent years, due to its multipurpose use for human food, livestock feed and industrial purposes. The soybean crop is one of the important source of oil and protein of the ... -
Sub-imbibed storage of recalcitrant seeds of four species.
(2007)The seeds of Trichilia dregeana, Trichilia emetica, Podocarpus henkelii and Syzygium cuminii display the characteristics typical of recalcitrant seeds. It is the phenomena of ongoing metabolic activity and desiccation ... -
Why SR52 is such a great maize hybrid.
(2013)Maize is Africa’s most important food crop. Unfortunately a yield gap currently exists in Africa which can be attributed to the use of inferior maize varieties such as open-pollinated varieties, double and three-way cross ...