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Collection and characterization of cassava germplasm in Comoros by Ferguson, Morag E., Ntawuruhunga, P., Fouad, M.O., Hassane, O.K.M., Charmila, M.A., Hamza, A.A., Mohamed, N.A., Dieng, I., Njukwe, E., Shah, T.

“…All landraces were genotyped using DaRTSeq technology and data analysed to identify duplicates. Genetic fingerprints of 46 unique landraces were co-analysed with 402 previously genotyped landraces and improved cultivars from Tanzania. …”
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The (perceived) quality of agricultural technology and its adoption: Experimental evidence from Uganda by Miehe, Caroline, Sparrow, Robert, Spielman, David J., Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…Taking maize seed embodying genetic gain as a case, we train random agro-dealers to test whether under-adoption by farmers is caused by low quality due to sellers' lack of knowledge about proper storage and handling. …”
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Effects of genotype and environment on forage yield, nutritive value and morphology of lablab (Lablab purpureus (L.) sweet) by Aleme, M., Tamiru, T., Alkhtib, A., Assefa, Getnet, Kehaliew, A., Tolemariam, T., Mengistu, G., Burton, E., Janssens, G.P.J.

“…Enhancing the awareness of farmers about the effect genetic-environment interaction effect of forage yield and nutritive value and the relation between morphology and yield and nutritive value would improve the uptake of lablab in mixed the farming system leading to more sustainable agricultural production.…”
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Phenotypic characterization of goat populations of North Shoa and South Wollo zones in Amhara region by Belayhun, Teklewold, Getachew, Tesfaye, Mustefa, Amine, Engdawork, Aweke, Sinke, Seble, Melesse, Aberra

“…The variation may be due to management or genetic variation. Therefore, further investigation may be needed to confirm this variation.…”
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COAXIM, an innovative protocol for mass clonal propagation of coconuts by Panis, Bart, Wilms, Hannes, Liao, Yu-chun, Moreira, Suzana

“…Thirdly it can be used to conserve coconut genetic resources. To deliver these benefits to the industry, the COAXIM protocol has a three-step action plan. …”
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A new framework for predicting and understanding flowering time for crop breeding by Deva, Chetan, Dixon, Laura, Urban, Milan Oldřich, Ramirez‐Villegas, Julian, Droutsas, Ioannis, Challinor, Andrew J.

“…Hundreds of experiments with observations of flowering, the environment and plant genetics were used to build a model that can predict when a variety of common bean is going to flower. …”
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Multi-trait selection index for simultaneous selection of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) genotypes by Ouattara, F., Agre, P., Adejumobi, I.I., Akoroda, M.O., Sorho, F., Ayolié, K., Bhattacharjee, R.

“…A moderate to high broad-sense heritability (30% < H2–H2 ≥ 60%) was observed for all traits except for tuber pound ability (H2 < 30%). …”
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Content and distribution of cyanogenic compounds in cassava roots and leaves in association with physiological age by Ospina, María A., Tran, Thierry, Pizarro, Mónica, Luna, Jorge, Salazar, Sandra, Londoño, Luis, Ceballos, Hernan, Becerra Lopez‐Lavalle, Luis A., Dufour, Dominique

“…Genotypes from different regions of Latin America, as identified by seven genetic diversity groups differed significantly in CC levels. …”
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Demand and supply side factors for accelerating varietal turnover: An evidence from soybean in India by Nuthalapati, Chandra Sekhara Rao, Sonkar, Vinay Kumar, Kumar, Anjani

“…Examination of all three conceptualized pathways—farm characteristics, sources of information, and perceived traits of the varieties and of genetic improvements—suggest the need for substitution of existing varieties with new improved varieties. …”
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Coordinated implementation of climate-smart practices in coffee farming increases benefits at farm, landscape and global scale by Schmidt, Paul Gunter, Bunn, Christian

“…The seven functional groups identified are: soil characteristics; water management; crop and genetic diversity; climate buffer and adjustment; crop nutrient management; structural elements and natural habitats; and system functioning. …”
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Catalogue of cacaos conserved at CRC Genebank by Bekele, Frances, Bidaisee, Gillian, Bhola, Junior, Umaharan, Pathmanathan

“…The coordination, catalogue assembly, and editing, was done by Evert Thomas of Bioversity International.…”
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Registration of provitamin A-enriched tropical maize inbred lines by Menkir, A., Meseka, S., Gedil, M., Ojo, T., Mengesha Abera, W.

“…The released maize inbred lines will be diverse sources of favorable alleles to accelerate genetic gain in provitamin A and other beneficial carotenoid enrichment for human health.…”
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Opportunities for increasing livestock water productivity in the Nile River Basin by Peden, Donald G., Faki, H., Alemayehu, M., Mpairwe, D.R., Herrero, Mario, Breugel, P. van, Haileslassie, Amare, Taddesse, G., Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele

“…Four strategies to increase LWP are selection of animal feeds derived from plant materials with high crop water productivity, improved water conservation through better management of watering sites, vegetation and soil on grazing, crop and riparian lands, adoption of technologies to improve animal health, genetics, nutrition and husbandry, and strategic allocation of watering sites to adjust grazing pressure to sustainably match the spatial distributions of pasture and drinking water availability. …”
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Report on the scoping study for the project “nature positive solutions for shifting agrifood systems to more resilient and sustainable pathways" by Manibhai, Desai Nagar

“…The overexploitation and degradation of finite resources has necessitated the importance of designing an agri-food system that is not detrimental to the planet’s health. …”
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Transdisciplinary research approaches for crop science research: theory, practice, and implications for research design by Amoak, Daniel, Najjar, Dina, Belcher, Brian

“…In the last decade, advancements within the CGIAR and beyond, including tools and frameworks from the Excellence in Breeding (EiB) Platform and the Gender and Breeding Initiative (GBI), have worked to improve market intelligence, breeding programs, seed systems, and the safeguarding of genetic resources. However, there is still scope for further innovation in research processes in terms of how breeding objectives are decided, how stakeholders’ perspectives are incorporated, how teams are organized and function, how knowledge gets translated into action, and how success is defined and measured.…”
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Genomic Prediction in Faba bean for Heat and Herbicide Tolerance by Abou-Khater, Lynn, Maalouf, Fouad, Hamwieh, Aladdin, Jighly, Abdul-Qader, Joukhadar, Reem, Alsamman, Alsamman M., Ahmed, Zayed Babiker Mahgoub, Balech, Rind, Hu, Jinguo, Ma, Y., Sanchez-Garcia, Miguel, Agrawal, Shiv Kumar

“…Genomic selection (GS) offers significant potential to enhance genetic gain. The present study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and potential of GS in faba bean (Vicia faba L.), and to identify areas for further improvement and better implementation in practical breeding programs. 125 diverse faba bean accessions were phenotyped for different agronomic traits under herbicide and heat stresses in 16 environments in Morocco, Lebanon, Sudan and the USA. …”
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Screening pearl millet genotypes for resistance to Striga hermonthica and compatibility to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. strigae by Rouamba, Armel, Hussein Shimelis, Drabo, Inoussa, Mrema, Emmanuel, Gangashetty, Prakash Irappa

“…The study aimed to screen genetically diverse pearl millet accessions for Sh resistance and compatibility to a Striga bio-control agent, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. …”
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Variability in fruit morphology and germination capacity of the tropical medicinal species securidaca longipedunculata Fres. by Daboué, Edith M. S., Béné, Ali, Dimobe, Kangbéni, Dayamba, Djibril S., Zouré, Aboubacar B., Ouattara, Bassiaka, Sabo, Prospère, Tuina, Sévérin, Neya, Oblé, Vinceti, Barbara, Ouédraogo, Amadé

“…The morphological data showed significant variations in fruit and nut traits across the populations sampled, which may reflect a significant underlying genetic diversity, as expected in wild plants. Samples from the Sudano-Sahelian zone exhibited larger fruits (11.87 ± 1.38 mm) containing heavier (0.12 ± 0.04 g) and larger (5.64 ± 1.02 mm) nuts. …”
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Intensive DNA sequence characterization of alleles at MCW0330 and LEI0094 Microsatellite Loci in chicken by Juan, Yin, Sheng-Cheng, Zeng, Yu-Zhu Luo, Han Jianlin

“…On the other hand, MCW0330 locus carried a very complicated compound microsatellite consisted of three big structural blocks as its repeat units. These units consisted of CACAGACACA, CAGACACA and CTCAGACA. …”
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High confidence QTLs and key genes identified using Meta-QTL analysis for enhancing heat tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by Kumar, Raj, Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Rangari, Sagar Krushnaji, Jha, Uday Chand, Sahu, Aakash, Paul, Pronob J., Gupta, Shreshth, Gangurde, Sunil S., Kudapa, Himabindu, Mir, Reyazul Rouf, Gaur, Pooran M., Varshney, Rajeev K., Elango, Dinakaran, Thudi, Mahendar

“…Towards this direction, we constructed a high-density genetic map spanning 2233.5 cM with 1069 markers. …”
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