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Carbon usage in yellow-fleshed Manihot esculenta storage roots shifts from starch biosynthesis to cell wall and raffinose biosynthesis via the myo-inositol pathway por Gutschker, S., Ruescher, D., Rabbi, I.Y., Rosado-Souza, L., Pommerrenig, B., Pauly, M., Robertz, S., van Doorn, A.M., Schloreth, A., Neuhaus, H.E., Fernie, A.R., Reinert, S., Sonnewald, U., Zierer, W.

“…Cassava is a crucial staple crop for smallholder farmers in tropical Asia and Sub‐Saharan Africa. Although high yield remains the top priority for farmers, the significance of nutritional values has increased in cassava breeding programs. …”
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Harnessing the hidden genetic diversity for improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) por Ali, Jauhar, Xu, Jianlong, Gao, Yong-Ming, Ma, Xiu-Fang, Meng, Lijun, Wang, Ying, Pang, Yunlong, Guan, Yong-Sheng, Xu, Mei-Rong, Revilleza, Jastin E., Franje, Neil J., Zhou, Shao-Chuan, Li, Zhikang

“…To develop superior rice varieties with improved yield in most rainfed areas of Asia/Africa, we started an introgression-breeding program for simultaneously improving yield and tolerances of multiple abiotic stresses. …”
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Inheritance of resistance to maize lethal necrosis in tropical maize inbred lines por Kavai, Hilda M., Makumbi, Dan, Nzuve, Felister M., Woyengo, Vincent W., Suresh, L. M., Muiru, William M., Gowda, Manje, Prasanna, Boddupalli

“…Maize (Zea mays L.) production in sub-Saharan Africa can be improved by using hybrids with genetic resistance to maize lethal necrosis (MLN). …”
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Quantification of Theileria parva in Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) Confirms differences in infection between selected tick strains por Odongo, David O., Ueti, M.W., Mwaura, S.N., Knowles, Donald P., Bishop, Richard P., Scoles, Glen A.

“…Theileria parva is the etiologic agent of East Coast fever, an economically important disease of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa. This protozoan parasite is biologically transmitted by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Neumann) (Acari: Ixodidae). …”
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Phenotypic approaches to drought in cassava: review por Okogbenin, Emmanuel, Setter, Tim L., Ferguson, Morag E., Mutegi, R, Ceballos, Hernán, Olasanmi, B, Fregene, Martin A.

“…Cassava is an important crop in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Cassava can be produced adequately in drought conditions making it the ideal food security crop in marginal environments. …”
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Absolute quantification of cassava brown streak virus mRNA by real-time qPCR por Shirima, R.R., Maeda, D.G., Kanju, E., Ceasar, G., Tibazarwa, F.I., Legg, James P.

“…Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) is the most important virus disease of cassava and a major food security threat in Africa. Yearly economic losses of up to $100 million USD have been attributed to CBSD. …”
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Molecular based detection, validation of a LAMP assay and phylogenetic analysis of Capripoxvirus in Kenya por Omoga, D.C.A., Macharia, M., Magiri, E., Kinyua, J., Kasiiti, J., Holton, T.

“…Place and Duration of Study: Biosciences East and Central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, between May 2014 and March 2015. …”
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Evaluation of local maize (Zea mays L.) varieties from Burkina Faso as source of tolerance to drought por Olaoye, G., Menkir, A., Ajala, S.O., Jacob, S.

“…These accessions could serve as potential sources of favorable alleles for developing high yielding varieties adapted to areas affected by drought in West and Central Africa.…”
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Breeding maize for resistance to mycotoxins at IITA por Menkir, A., Brown, R.L., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Chen, Z.Y., Cleveland, T.E.

“…Ear-rot-causing fungi, including Aspergillus and Fusarium spp., are common in maize in West and Central Africa. These fungi contaminate maize with mycotoxins that pose serious potential health hazards to humans in these areas. …”
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Multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in abattoir workers in Busia, Kenya por Obanda, B.A., Gibbons, C.L., Fèvre, Eric M., Bebora, L., Gitao, G., Ogara, W., Wang, S.-H., Gebreyes, W., Ngetich, R., Blane, B., Coll, F., Harrison, E.M., Kariuki, S., Peacock, S.J., Cook, Elizabeth A.J.

“…S. aureus in abattoir workers were representative of major sequence types in Africa, with a high proportion being toxigenic isolates. …”
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Distribution of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici races and virulence in wheat growing regions of Kenya from 1970 to 2014 por Wamalwa, Mercy, Wanyera, Ruth, Rodríguez Algaba, Julian, Boyd, Lesley A., Owuoche, James O., Ogendo, Joshua, Bhavani, Sridhar, Uauy, Cristobal, Justesen, Annemarie Fejer, Hovmøller, Mogens S.

“…Moreover, recent P. striiformis f. sp. tritici races in East Africa indicated possible migration of some race groups into Kenya from other regions. …”
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Continent-wide genomic analysis of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) por Talenti, A., Wilkinson, T., Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Hemmink, Johanneke D., Paxton, E., Mutinda, M., Ngulu, S.D., Jayaraman, S., Bishop, Richard P., Obara, I., Hourlier, T., Giron, C.G., Martin, F.J., Labuschagne, M., Atimnedi, P., Nanteza, A., Keyyu, J.D., Mramba, F., Caron, A., Cornelis, D., Chardonnet, P., Fyumagwa, R., Lembo, T., Auty, H.K., Michaux, J., Smitz, N., Toye, Philip G., Robert, C., Prendergast, J.G.D., Morrison, L.J.

“…The African buffalo (<i>Syncerus caffer</i>) is a wild bovid with a historical distribution across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Genomic analysis can provide insights into the evolutionary history of the species, and the key selective pressures shaping populations, including assessment of population level differentiation, population fragmentation, and population genetic structure. …”
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Genomic prediction of the performance of tropical doubled haploid maize lines under artificial striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. infestation por Kimutai, J.J.C., Makumbi, D., Burgueno, J., Perez-Rodriguez, P., Crossa, J., Gowda, M., Menkir, A., Pacheco, A., Ifie, B.E., Tongoona, P., Danquah, E.Y., Prasanna, B.M.

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Genome-wide association studies of three-dimensional (3D) cassava root crowns and agronomic traits using partially inbred populations por Sunvittayakul, Pongsakorn, Wonnapinij, Passorn, Chanchay, Pornchanan, Wannitikul, Pitchaporn, Sathitnaitham, Sukhita, Phanthanong, Phongnapha, Changwitchukarn, Kanokpoo, Suttangkakul, Anongpat, Ceballos, Hernan, Gomez, Leonardo D, Kittipadakul, Piya, Vuttipongchaikij, Supachai

“…Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a key industrial crop in Southeast Asia and a staple for food security in Africa, owing to its resilience and efficiency in starch production. …”
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Evaluation of elite wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes for resistance to stem rust (Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici), yield and yield stability por Kemboi, Jenniffer J., Bhavani, Sridhar, Okwiri Ojwang, Pascal P.

“…Adult plant resistance genes Lr34/Yr18/Sr57, Lr46/Yr29/Sr58, Sr2/Yr30, and Lr67/Yr46/Sr55/Pm46 were detected in various combinations across 21 genotypes. …”
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Genetic analysis of grain yield and other traits of extraearly yellow maize inbreds and hybrid performance under contrasting environments por Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Oyekunle, M.

“…Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major staple crop in West and Central Africa (WCA) but production is constrained by Striga hermonthica parasitism and recurrent drought in the savannas where maize yield potential is highest due to low night temperatures, high solar radiation and low incidence of diseases. …”
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Genome sequences of two diploid wild relatives of cultivated sweetpotato reveal targets for genetic improvement por Wu, S., Lau, K.H., Cao, Q., Hamilton, J.P., Sun, H., Zhou, C., Eserman, L., Gemenet, D., Olukolu, B.A., Wang, H., Crisovan, E., Godden, G., Jiao, C., Wang, X., Kitavi, M., Manrique, N.C., Vaillancourt, B., Wiegert-Rininger, K., Yang, X., Bao, K., Schaff, J., Kreuze, Jan F., Grüneberg, W.J., Khan, A., Ghislain, M., Ma, D., Jiang, J., Mwanga, Robert O.M., Leebens-Mack, J., Coin, L., Yencho, George Craig, Buell, R., Fei, Z.

“…Lam.] is a globally important staple food crop, especially for sub-Saharan Africa. Agronomic improvement of sweetpotato has lagged behind other major food crops due to a lack of genomic and genetic resources and inherent challenges in breeding a heterozygous, clonally propagated polyploid. …”
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Inheritance of shortday induced dwarfing in photesensitive cowpeas por Ishiyaku, M., Singh, B.

“…Walp.] is an important source of food and fodder in the dry savanna of West Africa. Traditional cowpea varieties are photosensitive (PS), growing profusely when planted in long days and they flower when days become shorter. …”
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Cloning of the African indigenous cattle breed Kenyan Boran por Mingyan Yu, Muteti, C., Ogugo, M., Ritchie, W.A., Raper, J., Kemp, Stephen J.

“…The ATT is a major constraint to livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa.3 It is known that serum from baboons kills both animal- and human-infective African trypanosomes through serum trypanosome lytic factors (TLFs).4 The generation of trypanosomiasis-resistant transgenic cattle carrying baboon-derived TLFs may have the potential to improve livestock productivity in Kenya and Africa.4 As a precursor to such a study, we cloned a Kenyan Boran bull by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) using primary embryonic fibroblasts. …”
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Yield gains and associated changes in an early yellow bi-parental maize population following genomic selection for Striga resistance and drought tolerance por Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Talabi, A.O., Fakorede, M.A.B., Fasanmade, Y., Gedil, Melaku A, Magorokosho, Cosmos, Asiedu, Robert

“…Background Maize yield potential is rarely maximized in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to the devastating effects of drought stress and Striga hermonthica parasitism. …”
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