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Inheritance of resistance to common bacterial blight (xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli) disease and yield of common bean
Published 2015“…The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a legume grain crop with great importance in East Africa, being a source of food and income for most rural households. …”
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QTL mapping of resistance to Thrips palmi karny in common bean
Published 2005“…Host plant resistance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a promising component in an integrated cropping system for managing thrips (Thrips palmi Karny) infestation. …”
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Development of an appropriate breeding scheme for tolerance to Empoasca kraemeri in common bean
Published 1990“…Significant advances in increasing tolerance to the leafhopper Empoasca kraemeri Ross & Moore in common bean have been obtained using a new breeding scheme where yield under leafhopper attack is the principal selection criterion in the evaluation of progenies. …”
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Improving adaptation to drought stress in white pea bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.): Genotypic effects on grain yield, yield components and pod harvest index
Published 2017“…Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume crop in Africa and Latin America where rainfall pattern is unpredictable. …”
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Advances in sorghum improvement for climate resilience in the global arid and semi-arid tropics: A Review
Published 2024“…The development of climate-resilient, biotic and abiotic stress-tolerant, market-preferred, and nutrient-dense sorghum varieties offers a potentially cost-effective and environmentally sustainable strategy for adapting to climate change. Some of the common technologies for sorghum improvement include mass selection, single seed descent, pure line selection, and marker-assisted selection, facilitated by backcrossing and genotyping using molecular markers. …”
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Assessment of efficiency of breeding methods in accelerating genetic gain in rice
Published 2024“…The pedigree, bulk, and single-seed descent-based rapid generation advance methods are commonly practiced breeding methods in rice. …”
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Pathways out of poverty in western Kenya and the role of livestock
Published 2004“…Key to the approach used was to define with the participating communities a common understanding of poverty. What, for example, does an extremely poor household do when a little bit of money becomes available to the household? …”
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