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Genomic Selection Module 3.0a: Why use genomic selection? Part 1 by Sneller, C.

“…The modules are prepared by the Clay Sneller, lead plant breeder at the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI Hub), in Nairobi…”
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Livestock Exchange hard seat 2011: Segenet Kelemu on Biosciences eastern and central Africa by Kelemu, Segenet

“…During the meeting, Brian Perry interviewed Segenet Kelemu, Director of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub.…”
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Establishment of a regional reference food and nutrition laboratory for Sub-Saharan Africa: The Food and Nutritional Evaluation Laboratory (FANEL) by International Potato Center

“…FANEL built the infrastructural and human capacity of the nutrition platform at the Biosciences for east and central Africa (BecA) Research Hub, and moved a step further towards becoming a regional reference laboratory for nutritional quality and food safety assessment of sweetpotato roots and products.…”
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Genetic diversity of Napier Grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumacher) germplasm based on amplified fragment length polymorphism by Wanjala, Bramwel W., Muchugi, A., Obonyo, M.M.M., Harvey, Jagger J.W., Skilton, Robert A., Proud, J., Hanson, Jean

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Integrating modern biotechnology into agricultural improvement in Africa by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Speaking at the launch of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub on 5 November 2010, Prof. Aggrey Ambali, Director - Policy Alignment and Programme Development Directorate and Advisor - New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Science and Technology reflects on the importance of research to address problems of hunger, low agricultural productivity, rapid population growth and natural and human made disasters.…”
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Molecular and phenotypic characterisation of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by Cho-Ngwa, Fidelis, Assam-Assam, J.P., Ane-Anyangwe, I., Skilton, Robert A., Pelle, Roger, Kitavi, M., Nzuki, I., Nyonka, J., Tedom, J.C., Beng, V.P., Akoachere, Jane-Francis, Njie, M., Titanji, V.P.K.

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SNP discovery in African taurine and Zebu cattle by whole genome sequencing of pooled DNA by Noyes, H.A., Agaba, Morris, Anderson, S., Archibald, A.L., Ashelford, K., Bradley, D., Brass, A., Finalyson, H.A., Hanotte, Olivier H., Kay, S., Kemp, Stephen J., Khodadadi, Mehran, Law, A.S., Lu, Z., Smith, S., Talbot, R., Hall, N.

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Policy and regional science: Key drivers of agricultural development in Africa by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Bio-Innovate can improve regional science and technology development by being based at the BecA facilities, where they can showcase what new technology can do for agricultural development in east Africa. …”
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Current methods of vegetative propagation of Avocado, mango, lychee and guava in Florida by Lynch S., John., Roy O., Nelson

“…Existen dos formas generales para reproducir el mayor las formas de vida de las plantas, es decir, sexualmente (por semillas) y asexualmente (por esquejes o graftage) . Beca utilizar la mayor parte de nuestra cultivos de frutas no se reproducen fiel a escribir a partir de semillas, que se propagan. asexually por alguna parte vegetativa de la planta…”
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Aflatoxins: Serious threat to food safety and food security: But is it related to livestock? by Lindahl, Johanna F., Harvey, Jagger J.W., Grace, Delia

“… • The Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA)-ILRI Hub has established a shared mycotoxin-research platform in Nairobi, Kenya, that is widely used by partners in the region and beyond…”
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El descubrimiento de los viroides como patógenos de frutales de zona templada by Llácer, Gerardo

“…A continuación, y de nuevo con una beca de la OCDE, realicé una estancia de un año en la Station de Recherches d’Arboriculture Fruitière de la Grande Ferrade (INRA), en Burdeos. …”
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ILRI at work 2007. ILRI's work in field, conference room and laboratory over the year. 10 minute documentary by International Livestock Research Institute

“…It looks at a glance ILRI's project - People, Livestock and Wildlife; BECA, the new ILRI hosted biosciences platform; livestock genetic resources - conserving livestock genetic diversity; climate change; water management for livestock; improved forages; milk production by smallholder farmers; crossbred animals for dairy; ILRI forage gene bank; the South West Asia pig and sweet potato project; livestock nutrition; market access for smallholders; ILRI in Asia and partnerships; people, livestock, wildlife and environment; innovation in livestock systems; bird flu capacity strengthening; and ILRI in china.…”
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Annual report 2017: CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform by CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform

“…The platform leader, Michael Quinn, and CIMMYT DDG, Marianne Bänziger, visited a large number of CGIAR-supported breeding programs – Africa Rice (Nigeria), CIAT (Colombia), CIMMYT (Kenya, India, Mexico), CIP (Kenya, Peru), ICRAF (Kenya), ICRISAT (Kenya, India), IITA (Nigeria), ILRI (Kenya), BeCA (Kenya), IRRI (Philippines, India), WorldFish (Malaysia) – to better understand challenges, needs and opportunities, and to explain how EiB can provide value to CGIAR breeding institutions and how best to work with EiB. …”
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Livestock and human health: Directions for ILRI by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Vish Nene elaborated on the 'biotechnology' and diagnostics aspects of the new work; and Appolinaire Djikeng talks on ways the BecA hub can be used to link genomics and meta-genomics technologies with work on emerging infectious diseases. …”
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Unlocking the potential of tropical root crop biotechnology in east Africa by establishing a genetic transformation platform for local farmerpreferred cassava cultivars by Nyaboga, E., Njiru, J., Nguu, E., Gruissem, W., Vanderschuren, H., Tripathi, L.

“…CassavagenetictransformationcapacityisstillmostlyrestrictedtoadvancedlaboratoriesintheUSA,EuropeandChina;anditsimplementationandmaintenanceinAfricanlaboratorieshasremainedscarce.TheimpactoftransgenictechnologiesforgeneticimprovementofcassavawilldependlargelyonthetransferofsuchcapabilitiestoresearchersinAfrica,wherecassavahasanimportantsocioeconomicniche.Amajorconstrainttothedevelopmentofgenetictransformationtechnologiesforcassavaimprovementhasbeenthelackofanefficientandrobusttransformationandregenerationsystem.Despitethesuccessachievedingeneticmodificationoffewcassavacultivars,includingthemodelcultivar60444,transgeniccassavaproductionremainsdifficultforfarmer-preferredcultivars.Inthisstudy,aprotocolforcultivar60444developedatETHZurichwassuccessfullyimplementedandoptimizedtoestablishtransformationoffarmer-preferredcassavacultivarspopularineastAfrica.Theconditionsforproductionandproliferationoffriableembryogeniccalli(FEC)andAgrobacterium-mediatedtransformationwereoptimizedforthreeeastAfricanfarmer-preferredcultivars(Ebwanatereka,KibandamenoandSerere).Ourresultsdemonstratedtransformationefficienciesofabout14–22independenttransgeniclinesper100mgofFECforfarmer-preferredcultivarsincomparisonto28linesper100mgofthemodelcultivar60444.Thepresence,integrationandexpressionofthetransgeneswereconfirmedbyPCR,SouthernblotanalysisandhistochemicalGUSassay.ThisstudyreportstheestablishmentofacassavatransformationplatformatInternationalInstituteofTropicalAgriculture(IITA)hostedbyBioscienceseasternandcentralAfrica(BecA)hubinKenyaandprovidesthebasisfortransferringimportanttraitssuchasvirusresistanceandprolongedshelf-lifetofarmer-preferredcultivarsineastAfrica.Weanticipatethatsuchplatformwillalsobeinstrumentaltotransfertechnologiestonationalagriculturalresearchsystems(NARS)insub-SaharanAfrica.…”
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Investigando el agente causal del tizón foliar del maíz en Argentina by Pinardi, Nicolás

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Efecto de diferentes alteraciones del fruto en la aceptación de snacks de caqui deshidratado by Pons-Gómez, Ana, Llorca, Empar, Tarancón, Paula, Salvador, Alejandra, Besada, Cristina

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Caracterización de la actividad apícola del oeste de Formosa by Marin, Elisa Mercedes

“…El presente informe es fruto del trabajo realizado en el marco de la beca profesional “Apicultura Subtropical con enfoque en Desarrollo Territorial” del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria (EEA) Ing. …”
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Evaluación del efecto de una restricción de riego controlada sobre las características sensoriales de naranjas sanguinas by Giménez-Sanchís, Adrián, Pérez-Pérez, Juan G., Tarancón, Paula, Bonet, Luis, Pons-Gómez, Ana, Besada, Cristina

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Antonio Molina R., botánico centroamericano by Pitty, Abelino

“…Sin embargo, se vino a Zamorano, ya que por sus méritos, vocación e interés obtuvo una beca para estudiar en Zamorano.…”
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