Grain yields of rust resistant promiscuous soybean lines in the Guinea savanna of Nigeria

Soybean rust, caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi, has become a threat to soybean production in west, central, east and southern Africa. This foliar disease can cause 40-80% yield loss under African conditions. IITA started to develop resistant lines for this disease since 2003 and a number of homozygou...

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Main Authors: Tefera, H., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Adeleke, R.A., Boukar, O., Ishaq, M.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90828

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