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Recent
Developments in Crops Research
MaizeLink: A New Web Portal of Agricultural Experts.
http://www.maizelink.org
A
Resource on Sorghum and Millet.
http://irc.igd.cornell.edu/SorghumMillet/
SorghumResources.html.
Africa Region
Vegetable Production and Research Training Course.
http://www.avrdc.org/training.html
FAO ESA Research
Market Seed Diversity.
“Using Markets to
Promote the Sustainable Utilization of Crop Genetic Resources”
Read more…
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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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Millet. Millet suffers from attacks by Striga,
downy mildew and head miners. Increases in yield are possible
by developing 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 is on-going. |
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Sorghum. Genetic improvements aim at developing and
deploying resistance to Striga and Anthracnose disease;
and breeding adapted hybrid varieties |
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