Resultados de búsqueda - "International Institute of Tropical Agriculture"

Response of early maturing maize to multiplestresses in the Guinea savanna of West and Central Africa por Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Fakorede, M.A.B., Menkir, A., Kamara, A.Y., Akanvou, L., Chabi, Y.

“…The West and Central Africa collaborative Maize Research Network (WECAMAN), in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria and the NARS of WCA has developed several drought and/or striga tolerant early maturing maize varieties for the savanna ecology. …”
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Evaluation of cassava hybrids performance obtained by controlled pollination of elite accessions from Niari landscape in the Republic of Congo por Aimé, K.G.R., Mpika, J., Mahungu, M.M., Mikoko, M.E., Mabanza, J., Attibayeba

“…Six elite accessions selected based on a villager participative approach have been crossed by controlled pollination with three clones (192/0401, 192/0325 and 197/0162) distributed by the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Growth, agronomic and production parameters of genotypes from the controlled pollination were evaluated at the station. …”
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Historical overview of breeding for durable resistance to maize streak virus for tropical Africa por Buddenhagen, I.W., Bosque Pérez, N.A.

“…At the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria, an effort to incorporate streak resistance as an integral part of a holistic maize improvement program was begun in 1975. …”
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Yield loss from plant parasitic nematodes in East African highland banan (Musa spp. AAA) por Speijer, P.R., Kajumba, C.

“…An experiment was established at the East and Southern Africa Regional Centre of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture at Sendusu (Uganda) to assess the yield loss caused by nematodes to East African Highland banana. …”
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The economics of cowpea in West Africa por Coulibaly, O., Lowenberg-Deboer, J.

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Breeding cowpea varieties for resistance to Striga gesnerioides and Alectra vogelii por Singh, B.B.

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Inoculation, colonization, and distribution of fungal endophytes in Musa tissue culture plants por Paparu, P., Dubois, T., Gold, Cliford S., Adipala, E., Niere, B., Coyne, D.

“…The use of mutualistic fungal endophytes to control the banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) and banana parasitic nematodes (Radopholus similis, Pratylenchus goodeyi and Helicotylenchus multicinctus) is currently being investigated at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Fungal endophytes are microorganisms that colonize the plant through the root system and for a part or whole of their life cycle live symptomlessly within the plant. …”
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Phosphorus fractions in fallow systems of West Africa: effect of residue management por Tian, G., Kolawole, G.O., Tijani-Eniola, H.

“…Data were collected between 1998 and 2000 as part of an on-going long-term fallow management trial established in 1989 at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, in the derived savanna zone of southwestern Nigeria. …”
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Genetic improvement in resistance to Striga in tropical maize hybrids por Menkir, A., Meseka, S.

“…Hybrid maize breeding for polygenic resistance to Striga has been undertaken at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) since the 1980s. …”
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Policy document detailing the use of the stepwise investment approach for Climate-Smart Cocoa adoption by farmers and companies por Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Saeed, Abdul Razak, Kofituo, Rich Kofi, Asare, Richard

“…"The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Rainforest Alliance (RA), in conjunction with its partners The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), The Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) and Root Capital (RC) through the Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security’s (CCAFS) Phase 1 (2015-2018) on Mainstreaming Climate Smart Cocoa (CSC) project laid the foundation for this second phase of CCAFS. …”
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Seed yam production using high-quality minitubers derived from plants established with vine cuttings por Aighewi, B., Maroya, N., Kumar, P. Lava, Balogun, M., Aihebhoria, D., Mignouna, Djana B., Asiedu, R.

“…A 3 × 2 factorial experiment with randomized complete block design and three replications was set up during the cropping seasons of 2017 to 2019 at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Research Station in Kubwa, Abuja, Nigeria. …”
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Assessing intraspecific variability and diversity in African yam bean landraces using agronomic traits por Olomitutu, O.E., Abe, A., Oyatomi, Olaniyi, Paliwal, R., Abberton, Michael T.

“…Optimal utilization of the available large collection of landraces of African yam bean (AYB) presently conserved at the Genetic Resource Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan (GRC-IITA), requires an assessment of the magnitude and nature of genetic diversity within the germplasm. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure of an African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) collection from IITA GenBank por Shitta, N.S., Unachukwu, N., Edemodu, A., Abebe, A.T., Oselebe, H.O., Abtew, W.G.

“…The present study evaluated the population structure and genetic diversity of 169 accessions from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) collection using 26 phenotypic characters and 1789 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. …”
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An ICT strategy based upon E-Teaching and E-Learning in response to the COVID-19 crisis in Africa por Woomer, P.L., Mulei, W., Maina, S.K.

“…Six months before the advent of the pandemic, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture initiated a pilot project, Start Them Early Program (STEP) whose goal is to reinforce pathways to careers in agriculture within secondary schools in DR Congo, Kenya, and Nigeria. …”
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Breeding schemes: what are they, how to formalize them, and how to improve them? por Covarrubias Pazaran, Giovanny Eduardo, Gebeyehu, Z., Gemenet, D., Werner, Christian R., Labroo, Marlee Rose, Sirak, S., Coaldrake, Peter, Rabbi, I.Y., Kayondo, S.I., Parkes, Elizabeth Y., Kanju, E., Mbanjo, E., Agbona, A ., Kulakow, Peter A., Quinn, Michael, Debaene, J.

“…In addition, we detail the use of continuous improvement methods and tools such as genetic simulation through a case study in the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Cassava east-Africa pipeline. …”
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Inheritance of resistance to Fusarium verticillioides ear rot in maize inbred lines of southern, west and central Africa origin por Tembo, E., Minnaar‐Ontong, A., Menkir, A., Marais, G., Magorokosho, Cosmos, Labuschagne, Maryke T.

“…Twelve inbred lines from Seed Co that were used as the females, were mated to 12 tester lines from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) that were used as males, using the North Carolina Design II. …”
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Efficacy of maize inbred testers with varying levels of resistance to Striga for classifying Striga-resistant yellow-maize lines into heterotic groups por Zebire, D., Menkir, A., Adetimirin, Victor O., Mengesha Abera, W., Meseka, S.K., Gedil, Melaku A

“…Striga-resistant yellow-maize inbred lines developed at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) do not have well established heterotic groups. …”
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Evaluation of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) por Lenné, Jillian M., McLachlan, Milla, Özgediz, Selçuk, Raman, K.V., Unnevehr, Laurian J.

“…The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers, and Bananas (RTB), led by the International Potato Center (CIP), brings together the mandates of four CGIAR Centers related to research on roots, tubers, and bananas: CIP, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Bioversity International, and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). …”
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Humidtropics Evaluation Report por Rwampororo, R.K., Negra, C., Kueneman, E.

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UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems por International Food Policy Research Institute, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)

“…The presentation of findings was followed by a panel discussion with Steve Cole, Senior Scientist, Gender Specialist, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Corinna Hawkes, Director, Centre for Food at City, University of London, and Reema Nanavaty, Self Employed Women’s Association, where the discussants provided key insights on pathways mentioned in the review, practical approaches to addressing gender inequality in food systems, comments on the recommendations provided by the review, and future action steps for the advancement of the results found in the review. …”
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