Public sector soybean (Glycine max) breeding: advances in cultivar development in the African tropics

Formal public sector soybean breeding in Africa spans over four decades, and it was initiated by the International Institute of Tropical Agricultural (IITA). As the demand of soybean continues to outstrip production, strategic projects such the Tropical Legume (TL) were initiated, in which the main...

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Autores principales: Chigeza, G., Boahen, S., Gedil, Melaku A, Agoyi, E., Mushoriwa, H., Denwar, N., Gondwe, T., Tesfaye, A., Kamara, A., Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji, Chikoye, David
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Publicado: Wiley 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99569
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author Chigeza, G.
Boahen, S.
Gedil, Melaku A
Agoyi, E.
Mushoriwa, H.
Denwar, N.
Gondwe, T.
Tesfaye, A.
Kamara, A.
Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji
Chikoye, David
author_browse Agoyi, E.
Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji
Boahen, S.
Chigeza, G.
Chikoye, David
Denwar, N.
Gedil, Melaku A
Gondwe, T.
Kamara, A.
Mushoriwa, H.
Tesfaye, A.
author_facet Chigeza, G.
Boahen, S.
Gedil, Melaku A
Agoyi, E.
Mushoriwa, H.
Denwar, N.
Gondwe, T.
Tesfaye, A.
Kamara, A.
Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji
Chikoye, David
author_sort Chigeza, G.
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description Formal public sector soybean breeding in Africa spans over four decades, and it was initiated by the International Institute of Tropical Agricultural (IITA). As the demand of soybean continues to outstrip production, strategic projects such the Tropical Legume (TL) were initiated, in which the main goal was to enhance the productivity of soybean in the farmers’ fields in Sub‐Saharan Africa. One of the strategies to enhance the productivity of soybean in the farmers’ fields is through developing and deploying improved soybean varieties in the target countries. Through the TL I and TL II projects, a number of varieties were released in the target countries, Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi and Mozambique by employing participatory variety selection (PVS). This review provides highlights of the achievements made by IITA breeding programme and insights of what needs to be done to enhance yield improvement for soybean in Africa using demand‐driven breeding approaches.
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spelling CGSpace995692025-12-08T09:54:28Z Public sector soybean (Glycine max) breeding: advances in cultivar development in the African tropics Chigeza, G. Boahen, S. Gedil, Melaku A Agoyi, E. Mushoriwa, H. Denwar, N. Gondwe, T. Tesfaye, A. Kamara, A. Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji Chikoye, David soybeans production yield gap climate change breeding genetics Formal public sector soybean breeding in Africa spans over four decades, and it was initiated by the International Institute of Tropical Agricultural (IITA). As the demand of soybean continues to outstrip production, strategic projects such the Tropical Legume (TL) were initiated, in which the main goal was to enhance the productivity of soybean in the farmers’ fields in Sub‐Saharan Africa. One of the strategies to enhance the productivity of soybean in the farmers’ fields is through developing and deploying improved soybean varieties in the target countries. Through the TL I and TL II projects, a number of varieties were released in the target countries, Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi and Mozambique by employing participatory variety selection (PVS). This review provides highlights of the achievements made by IITA breeding programme and insights of what needs to be done to enhance yield improvement for soybean in Africa using demand‐driven breeding approaches. 2019-08 2019-02-25T14:50:42Z 2019-02-25T14:50:42Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99569 en Limited Access Wiley Chigeza, G., Boahen, S., Gedil, M., Agoyi, E., Mushoriwa, H., Denwar, N.N., ... & Chikoye, D. (2019). Public sector soybean (Glycine max) breeding: advances in cultivar development in the African tropics. Plant Breeding, 1-10.
spellingShingle soybeans
production
yield gap
climate change
breeding
genetics
Chigeza, G.
Boahen, S.
Gedil, Melaku A
Agoyi, E.
Mushoriwa, H.
Denwar, N.
Gondwe, T.
Tesfaye, A.
Kamara, A.
Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji
Chikoye, David
Public sector soybean (Glycine max) breeding: advances in cultivar development in the African tropics
title Public sector soybean (Glycine max) breeding: advances in cultivar development in the African tropics
title_full Public sector soybean (Glycine max) breeding: advances in cultivar development in the African tropics
title_fullStr Public sector soybean (Glycine max) breeding: advances in cultivar development in the African tropics
title_full_unstemmed Public sector soybean (Glycine max) breeding: advances in cultivar development in the African tropics
title_short Public sector soybean (Glycine max) breeding: advances in cultivar development in the African tropics
title_sort public sector soybean glycine max breeding advances in cultivar development in the african tropics
topic soybeans
production
yield gap
climate change
breeding
genetics
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99569
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