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Application of molecular markers in breeding for bean common blight resistance in South Africa by Fourie, D., Herselman, L.

“…Segregating populations of progenies developed through backcross breeding with cultivars Teebus and Kranskop as susceptible recurrent parents, and XAN 159 and Vax 4 as resistant donor parents were evaluated for presence of existing markers. …”
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Cowpea leaf width correlates with above ground biomass across diverse environments by Digrado, A., González Escobar, E., Owston, N., Page, R., Mohammed, S.B., Umar, M.L., Boukar, O., Ainsworth, Elizabeth A., Carmo-Silva, Elizabete

“…Identifying morphological or physiological traits that correlate with biomass could assist breeders with rapid screening of diverse germplasm. …”
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Policy action plans for young entrepreneurs to increase economic water productivity in olive and milk value chains in Morocco by Amarasinghe, Upali, Ait El Mekki, Abdelkader, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…This report presents suggested action plans based on stakeholder consultations on investment and institutional strategies for assisting young entrepreneurs in increasing the economic water productivity, i.e., the value or profit of water consumed in the olive and milk value chains in Morocco. …”
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Policy and scale factors influencing efficiency in dairy and poultry production in Bangladesh by Jabbar, M.A., Islam, S.M.F., Delgado, Christopher L., Ehui, Simeon K., Akanada, M.A.I., Khan, M.I., Kamruzzaman, M.

“…Therefore, the overall objective of this study was to assess the efficiency of dairy and poultry producers in Bangladesh to identify policy options for assisting small-scale operators to develop economically viable and ecologically sustainable production enterprises for participating in the rapidly-expanding urban and rural markets for milk, poultry and eggs. …”
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Effect of the parthenocarpy gene P1 and ploidy in bunch and fruit traits of plantain and banana hybrids by Ortíz, R., Vuylsteke, D.R.

“…AAB and AAA groups) are perennial giant herbs of the tropics which develop parthenocarpic fruits. At least three independent but complementary dominant genes control vegetative parthenocarpy in Musa. …”
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Managing biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems by Jarvis, Devra I., Padoch, Christine, Cooper, H.D.

“…The volume includes the most recent research and developments in the maintenance of local diversity at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. …”
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Sequencing of 150 Citrus Varieties: Linking Genotypes to Phenotypes by Terol, Javier, Carbonell, Jose, Alonso, Roberto, Tadeo, Francisco R., Herrero-Ortega, Amparo, Ibanez, Victoria, Munoz-Sanz, Juan V., López-García, Antonio, Estornell, Leandro H., Colmenero-Flores, José M., Conesa, Ana, Dopazo, Joaquín, Talón, Manuel

“…The Citruseq Consortium, a joint effort developed by public institutions and private companies has sequenced the genomes of 150 citrus varieties with the Illumina platform at high average coverage. …”
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Bioinformatics analysis to assess potential risks of allergenicity and toxicity of HRAP and PFLP proteins in genetically modified bananas resistant to Xanthomonas wilt disease by Jin, Y., Goodman, R.E., Tetteh, A.O., Lu, M., Tripathi, L.

“…Genetically modified (GM) bananas resistant to BXW disease were developed by inserting the hypersensitive response-assisting protein (Hrap) or/and the plant ferredoxin-like protein (Pflp) gene(s) from sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum). …”
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Analyses of African common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm using a SNP fingerprinting platform: diversity, quality control and molecular breeding by Raatz, Bodo, Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha, Lobaton, Juan David, Male, Alan, Chisale, Virginia, Amsalu, Berhanu, Fourie, Deidre, Mukamuhirwa, Floride, Muimui, Kennedy K., Mutari, Bruce, Nchimbi-Msolla, Susan, Nkalubo, Stanley T., Tumsa, Kidane, Chirwa, Rowland, Maredia, Mywish K., He, Chunlin

“…This exemplifies the necessity to develop and use a cost-effective fingerprinting platform to ensure germplasm purity for research, sharing and seed dissemination. …”
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A simple thin-layer chromatography autography for the detection of peroxidase inhibitors by Micheloni, Oscar Bernardo, Ramallo, Ivana Ayelen, Farroni, Abel Eduardo, Furlan, Ricardo Luis Eugenio

“…Thin layer chromatography bioautographic assays facilitate the acquisition of activity-profile chromatograms and assist in pinpointing active constituents within complex mixtures by observing the inhibition halos they produce. …”
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A Note on the Association Between Thecaphora frezzii Infection and Peanut Pod Density by Bennett, R.S., Rodriguez, Ana Valeria, Baldessari, Jorge Javier, Chamberlin, K.D., Payton, M.E., Wang, N.

“…As a result, collecting disease incidence data alone may be sufficient for screening germplasm. These results may assist in developing more efficient phenotyping methods for screening germplasm for peanut smut resistance.…”
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Evaluation of agronomic performance and genotypic mapping using SNP markers of grain iron and zinc content among rice accessions in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Bukomarhe, C.B.

“…The study is offering opportunities for developing biofortified rice varieties to combat malnutrition among consumers.…”
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A landscape planning and management tool for land and water resources management: an example application in northern Ethiopia by Tamene, Lulseged D., Bao Le Quang, Vlek, Paul L.G.

“…Although many soil/water-landscape studies have been published in the last 2 decades, progress in developing operational tools for supporting landscape planning to minimize land and water degradation in developing regions is still modest. …”
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Social dimensions of procurement auctions for environmental service contracts: Evaluating trade-offs between cost-effectiveness and participation by the poor in rural Tanzania by Jindal R, Kerr JM, Ferraro, P.J., Swallow, B.M.

“…Although aspects of our auction design limit the strength of some of the conclusions we draw from the data, our study shows how pilot auctions can assist decision makers in estimating payment levels for PES contracts. …”
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Genetic loci controlling carotenoid biosynthesis in diverse tropical maize lines by Azmach, G., Menkir, A., Spilane, C., Gedil, Melaku A

“…Vitamin A deficiency is a global public health problem affecting millions of people, especially in developing countries. Maize is one of the most important staple crops targeted for provitamin A biofortification to help alleviate vitamin A efficiency in developing countries. …”
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Optimizing QTL introgression via stochastic simulations: an example of the IRRI rice breeding program by Platten, John Damien, Fritsche-Neto, Roberto

“…A key limitation in the ability of breeding programs to leverage benefits of major-gene marker-assisted selection is the availability of those genes in appropriate elite germplasm. …”
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Breeding rice for a changing climate by improving adaptations to water saving technologies by Heredia, Maria Cristina, Kant, Josefine, Prodhan, M. Asaduzzaman, Dixit, Shalabh, Wissuwa, Matthias

“…Rice breeding over the past decades has mostly focused on developing high-yielding varieties adapted to continuously flooded conditions where seedlings were raised in a nursery and transplanted into a puddled flooded soil. …”
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First annual meeting of stakeholders in pig genetics in Uganda by Marshall, Karen, Ouma, Emily A., Kugonza, Donald, Businge, Martha, Kasoro, Isaac, Namatovu, Jane, Ahumuza, Ronnie

“…Participants’ feedback from the constraints and opportunity exercise will be used to inform future SAPLING interventions while feedback on animal breeding regulations will be shared with the committee developing the guidelines. As an ongoing plan of action, participants proposed to hold such meetings yearly.…”
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PROGRESA and its impacts on the human capital and welfare of households in rural Mexico: a synthesis of the results of an evaluation by IFPRI by Skoufias, Emmanuel

“…In early 1998, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was asked to assist the PROGRESA administration to “determine if PROGRESA is functioning in practice as it is intended to by design.” …”
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Conflict-sensitive adaptation governance: Assessing Kenya’s County Climate Change Fund by Medina, Leonardo, Schapendonk, Frans, Jaskolski, Martina, Osumba, Joab, Jebiwott, Alice, Singh, Radhika, Takaindisa, Joyce, Pacillo, Grazia

“…This research developed a practical framework for evaluating climate adaptation policies through a conflict sensitivity lens. …”
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