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Pan-African
Banana Conference Opens in Kenya.
Banana farmers and
representatives from the private sector, policy, research and
development meet in Mombasa this week
to develop a 10-year research and
development plan that will transform smallholder banana production
and marketing in Africa.
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African
Crops
of Interest
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Banana.
Opportunities for improvement include developing
varieties resistant to weevils, disease and
nematodes using transgenic and breeding strategies.
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Beans:
Current research interventions include breeding for
resistance against angular leaf spot, anthracnose,
root rots, bruchids and bean stem maggot. |
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Cassava.
Breeding programs are targeting resistance to
cassava mosaic disease, green mites, bacterial
blight and participatory variety selection
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Cowpea.
Breeding efforts are aimed at increasing resistance
to bruchids, Maruca pod borers, thrips and
aphid- borne mosaic potyvirus (CABMV) |
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Maize.
Research efforts center around increasing resistant
to foliar diseases, Striga, stem borers;
tolerance to drought and breeding for early
maturity. |
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Sorghum.
Millet and Sorghum suffers from attacks by Striga, downy
mildew and head miners. Increases in yield are
possible by developing adapted hybrid varieties.
Genetic improvements aim at developing and deploying
resistance to Striga and Anthracnose
disease; and breeding adapted hybrid varieties
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Rice.
Breeding efforts target increasing drought tolerance
by the Asiatic rice, resistant to foliar
diseases and insects. Field testing of Nerica rice
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Scientific
Journal TOCs Update
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Full Text Access - Current Issues
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