Breeding for blast resistance in rice in West Africa

Rice is grown in an area of 4.3 million ha in 17 WARDA member countries of West Africa (FAO, 1994). The total annual production is 7.4 million tons of paddy with an average yield of 1.7 tons ha−1, which is the lowest compared to other rice growing regions of world.The rice import in WARDA member sta...

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Main Authors:	Singh, B.N., Jones, M.P., Fomba, S.N., Sere, Y., Sy, A.A., Akator, K., Ngninbeyie, P., Ahn, S.W.
Format:	Conference Proceedings
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Springer 2000
Subjects:	rice blast disease research rice
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114071