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Breeding cowpea for resistance to striga gesnerioides in the Nigerian dry savannas using marker-assisted selection by Omoigui, L.O., Kamara, A.Y., Moukoumbi, Y.D., Ogunkanmi, L.A., Timko, M.P.

“…In this study, we have successfully developed and applied a marker-assisted selection strategy that employs a single backcross programme to introgress Striga resistance into farmer preferred varieties of cowpea for the Nigeria savannas. …”
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Marker assisted forward breeding to combine multiple biotic-abiotic stress resistance/tolerance in rice by Dixit, Shilpi, Singh, Uma Maheshwar, Singh, Arun Kumar, Alam, Shamshad, Venkateshwarlu, Challa, Nachimuthu, Vishnu Varthini, Yadav, Shailesh, Abbai, Ragavendran, Selvaraj, Ramchander, Devi, M. Nagamallika, Ramayya, Perumalla Janaki, Badri, Jyothi, Ram, T., Lakshmi, Jhansi, Lakshmidevi, G., LRK, Jai Vidhya, Padmakumari, Ayyagari Phani, Laha, G.S., Prasad, M.S., Seetalam, Malathi, Singh, Vikas Kumar, Kumar, Arvind

“…Result Seven introgression lines (ILs) possessing a combination of seven to ten genes/QTLs for different biotic and abiotic stresses have been developed using marker-assisted selection (MAS) breeding method in the background of Swarna with drought QTLs. …”
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Molecular markers for the identification of BNI capacity in chromosome addition lines and their use in marker-assisted breeding by Vishwakarma, Manish Kumar, Kumar, Uttam, Bhati, Pradeep Kumar, Dreisigacker, Susanne, Thiyagarajan, Karthikeyan, Kishii, Masahiro, Joshi, Arun Kumar

“…Since the CAL has been shown to possess both BNI and other advantageous traits for wheat improvement, it was utilized as a donor to transfer improved BNI capacity into recently released wheat varieties as recipient parents. Marker-assisted backcrossing was deployed. We validated the Sequence Tagged Site markers developed from de-novo sequencing of the Leymus species, along with Kompetitive Allele-specific PCR markers, to identify both translocated and non-translocated lines of wheat and detect the introgressed segments in backcrossed progenies across various cross combinations. …”
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Eulerian-Lagrangian model of the behaviour of droplets produced by an air-assisted sprayer in a citrus orchard by Salcedo, Ramón, Vallet, Ariane, Granell, Rafael, Garcerá, Cruz, Moltó, Enrique, Chueca, Patricia

“…In a previous study, a 2D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to simulate the effect of a citrus canopy on the airflow from an air-assisted sprayer was developed and validated. It considered the first element of the tree canopy as a solid body instead of a porous one. …”
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Salt tolerance in Lycopersicon species .4. Efficiency of marker-assisted selection for salt tolerance improvement by Monforte, Antonio J., Asins, María J., Carbonell, Emilio A.

“…The usefulness of,marker-assisted selection (MAS) to develop salt-tolerant breeding lines from a F-2 derived from L. esculentum x L. pimpinellifolium has been studied. …”
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The role of agriculture in poverty reduction in Pakistan: executive summary of the seminar organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute and Beaconhouse National University with assistance from Innovative Development Strategies. March 12, 2005.... by International Food Policy Research Institute

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Social protection programs: Building the evidence and defining priorities by Gilligan, Daniel O., Ahmed, Akhter, Alderman, Harold, de Brauw, Alan, Hidrobo, Melissa, Hirvonen, Kalle, Hoddinott, John F., Leight, Jessica, Roy, Shalini, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

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The rice Trait Development Pipeline: A systematic framework guiding upstream research for impact in breeding, with examples from root biology by Platten, J. Damien, Henry, Amelia, Chebotarov, Dmytro, Schepler-Luu, Van, Cobb, Joshua N.

“…Conclusion: In implementing the Trait Development Pipeline, it is expected that recurrent selection-based breeding strategies will benefit more from linkages with upstream research areas, such as root biology, by implementing marker-assisted selection to increase the frequency of large-effect rare alleles that currently exist outside the elite gene pool without hindering the genetic improvement that comes from quantitative breeding methods."…”
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US farm policy and risk assistance: The competing senate and house agriculture committee bills of July 2012 by Zulauf, Carl, Orden, David

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Task force of risk assessment for food safety in Vietnam: Operational research to assist policy and capacity building by Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…Key constraints and areas where research and development interventions could assist policy were identified. …”
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Methodology: ssb-MASS: a single seed-based sampling strategy for marker-assisted selection in rice by Arbelaez, Juan David, Tandayu, Erwin, Reveche, Maria Ymber, Jarana, Annalhea, van Rogen, Petra, Sandager, Line, Stolt, Patrik, Ng, Enghwa, Varshney, Rajeev K., Kretzschmar, Tobias, Cobb, Joshua

“…This study reports the development of a cost-effective and simple single seed genotyping strategy that facilitates the adoption and deployment of marker-assisted selection strategies in rice. …”
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Mapping Ecosystem Conservation Priority Based on Social Assessment, a Tool to Assist Land Use Planning by Ahumada, María Luján, Cavallero, Laura, Easdale, Marcos Horacio, Tittonell, Pablo Adrian, Lopez, Dardo Ruben

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The CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator: cohort one. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion technical assistance report by Njiru, A., Bohjanen, C., Sewe, L., Nortje, Karen, Enokenwa Baa, Ojongetakah

“…The CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator (CFSA) was launched as part of the activities under the CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and South Africa (Ukama Ustawi), with the main objectives, of strengthening food systems by scaling climate-smart food system innovations (through strategic support of commercially viable and inclusive climate-smart agribusinesses), develop a pipeline of inclusive climate-smart agribusinesses in East and Southern Africa, support inclusive climate-smart agribusinesses (through a 6-month program that provides investment readiness and business development, climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and impact measurement and management (IMM) technical assistance, GESI strengthening, coaching and mentoring) and facilitate access to finance through de-risking grants to scale CSA innovations and business models. …”
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Opportunities for marker-assisted selection (MAS) to improve the feed quality of crop residues in pearl millet and sorghum by Hash, C.T., Bhasker Raj, A.G., Lindup, S., Sharma, A., Beniwal, C.R., Folkertsma, R.T., Mahalakshmi, V., Zerbini, E., Blümmel, Michael

“…In the case of pearl millet, ICRISAT has been heavily involved with several UK-based collaborating research institutes, in development and initial application of the molecular genetic tools for marker-assisted breeding. …”
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Whole genome sequencing of elite rice cultivars as a comprehensive information resource for marker assisted selection by Duitama, Jorge, Silva, Alexander, Sanabria, Yamid, Cruz, Daniel Felipe, Quintero, Constanza, Ballen, Carolina, Lorieux, Mathias, Scheffler, Brian E., Farmer, Andrew D., Torres Castro, Edgar Alonso, Oard, James, Tohme, Joseph M.

“…Proper analysis of this massive resource is expected to give novel insights into the structure, function, and evolution of the rice genome, and to aid the development of rice varieties through marker assisted selection or genomic selection. …”
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Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS): untapped potential for enhancing food and nutrition securities in sub-Saharan Africa by Abdullahi, W.M., Mu'az, S.A., Togola, A., Mohammed, G.S., Umar, M.L., Ongom, P.O., Echekwu, C., Boukar, O.

“…Agriculture is vital in securing millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa, as it has prodigious potential to contribute to the economic development of the region, livelihood improvement through income generation, and enhancing the potential of smallholder farmers and related value chains. …”
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Application of molecular marker-assisted selection in breeding for improved farmer/market preferred cassava varieties in Tanzania by Kullaya, A., Mkamilo, G.S., Mtunda, K., Kulembeka, H.P., Masumba, E., Marandu, E., Kanju, E., Ferguson, Morag E., Ospina, C., Marin, E.J., Santos, Luís Guillermo, Barrera, E., Morante, N., Ceballos, H., Jarvis, A., Tohme, Joseph M., Fregene, Martin A.

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Marker Assisted Gene Pyramiding (MAGP) for bacterial blight and blast resistance into mega rice variety “Tellahamsa” by Jamaloddin, Md., Durga Rani, Ch. V., Swathi, G., Anuradha, Ch., Vanisri, S., Rajan, C. P. D., Krishnam Raju, S., Bhuvaneshwari, V., Jagadeeswar, R., Laha, G.S., Prasad, M.S., Satyanarayana, P.V., Cheralu, C., Rajani, G., Ramprasad, E., Sravanthi, P., Arun Prem Kumar, N., Aruna Kumari, K., Yamini, K.N., Mahesh, D., Sanjeev Rao, D., Sundaram, R.M., Madhav, M. Sheshu

“…To sustain yield improvement in rice, it is necessary to developed yield potential of the rice varieties by incorporation of biotic stress resistance genes. …”
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GANSO: New business model and technical assistance for the professionalization of sustainable livestock farming in the Colombian Orinoquia region by Ruden, Alejandro, Castro, Juan Pablo, Gutiérrez Solís, Jhon Freddy, Koenig, Simon, Sotelo, Mauricio E., Arango, Jacobo

“…This information note summarizes the state of livestock farming in the Orinoco region and the conditions that combine there to develop GANSO (abbreviation for sustainable livestock farming in Spanish, Ganaderia Sostenible), an innovative technical and financial assistance program aimed at a transformation to low-carbon and sustainable livestock farming that embraces productive, economic, social and environmental factors.…”
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SNP-based marker-assisted selection for high provitamin A content in African cassava genetic background by Codjia, E.D., Olasanmi, B., Ugoji, C.E., Rabbi, I.Y.

“…Marker PSY572/S124155522 is therefore recommended for routine use in marker-assisted selection for pVAC enhancement in African cassava germplasm. …”
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