Genomics, genetics and breeding of tropical legumes for better livelihoods of smallholder farmers
A review of a decade of significant research and development work on important grain legumes through collaborative bilateral and multilateral projects as well as the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes.
Mainstreaming Efficient Legume Seed Systems in Eastern Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Contributions towards Improved Livelihoods
Technical paper proposing and describing 12 basic principles necessary to mainstream legume seed systems in crop development programs for sustainable agricultural intensification in Eastern Africa.
Evaluation of Selected Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Lines for Yield and Haulm Nutritive Quality Traits
Groundnut pods and haulms are important sources of income for smallholder farmers in Ghana, with an emerging market for groundnut haulms as livestock feed. A population of 30 groundnut genotypes were evaluated for yield (pod and haulm) and its components as well as good haulm nutritive value.
The Tropical Legume project’s impact on groundnut improvement research outputs in Nigeria
This poster abstract details the impacts of the Tropical Legumes projects on groundnut production and productivity in Nigeria.
Evaluation of an animal drawn groundnut digger for improved productivity of groundnut farmers in semi-arid West Africa
This conference paper presents the results of a field experiment conducted with two groundnut varieties to measure the operational performance and the effectiveness of an animal drawn groundnut digger on pod, fodder loss and pod loss.
Current status of groundnut improvement in Uganda
This poster discusses methods for improving groundnut yield in Uganda, such as Marker Assisted Selection for high oleic breeding and BMS for Digitalization of data capture, management, analyses and storage.
Registration of ‘Serenut 6T’ Groundnut
This article describes the characteristics of ’Serenut 6T’ (Reg. No. CV‐136, PI 682726), a high‐yielding, Spanish‐type groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L. subsp. fastigiata var. vulgaris ) with two seeds per pod. Serenut 6T was released in 2010 by the National Semi‐Arid Resources Research Institute, Soroti, Uganda.
Genome-wide SNP genotyping resolves signatures of selection and tetrasomic recombination in peanut
To facilitate high-throughput genotyping of Arachis species, 20 genotypes were re-sequenced and genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were selected to develop a large-scale SNP genotyping array.
Development and evaluation of a high density genotyping ‘Axiom_Arachis’ array with 58K SNPs for accelerating genetics and breeding in groundnut
The article discusses the development of a high-density SNP array ‘Axiom_Arachis’ with 58 K SNPs and deminstrates its utility in a groundnut genetic diversity study.
QTL-seq approach identified genomic regions and diagnostic markers for rust and late leaf spot resistance in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
The results presented in this study suggest the usefulness of a QTL-seq approach for the precise and rapid identification of candidate genomic regions and the development of diagnostic markers for breeding applications. The approach was applied to identify genomic regions and diagnostic markers for rust and late leaf spot resistance in groundnut
