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Demand driven common bean variety development and promotion for enhanced productivity and production
This study provides an overview of Ethiopia’s common bean research program, which aims to develop in-demand bean varieties for enhanced adoption, improve food and nutrition security, and generate higher incomes for smallholder farmers.
Adoption of varietal and accompanying groundnut technologies in Sokoto and Kebbi States of Northwestern Nigeria
This paper summarises the outcomes of an adoption survey of new groundnut varieties in north western Nigeria.
A decade of Tropical Legumes projects: Development and adoption of improved varieties, creation of market‐demand to benefit smallholder farmers and empowerment of national programmes in sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia
This article highlights 12 years (2007–2019) of research, achievements, lessons learned, challenges and gaps in discovery‐to‐delivery research in legumes emanating from three projects, collectively called Tropical Legumes (TL) with a total investment of about US$ 67 million funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Integrated breeding approaches for improving drought and heat adaptation in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
A review of integrated breeding approaches that can help to develop drought- and heat-tolerant varieties of chickpea.
InDel markers: An extended marker resource for molecular breeding in chickpea
Chickpea is one of the most important food legumes that holds the key to meet rising global food and nutritional demand. In order to deploy molecular breeding approaches in crop improvement programs, user friendly and cost effective marker resources remain prerequisite. This study aims to expand marker resources for genomics assisted breeding (GAB) in chickpea.
Monitoring changes in the cultivation of pigeonpea and groundnut in Malawi using time series satellite imagery for sustainable food systems
To assess the expansion of areas used in the production of pigeonpea and groundnut resulting from the release of new varieties in Malawi, this article discusses how the spatial distribution of cropland areas was mapped using MODIS NDVI 16-day time-series products (MOD13Q1) at a spatial resolution of 250 m for the years 2010–2011 and 2016–2017.
Assessment of genetic variability among groundnut accessions under natural rosette disease infestation in Malawi
Groundnut production in East and South Africa is low due to several constraints. Success in the development of resilient varieties rides on genetic diversity in available germplasm for key traits in question. This study was undertaken to dissect the magnitude of variability among groundnut accessions.
Genotype-by-environment interactions for grain yield of Valencia groundnut genotypes in East and Southern Africa
The objectives of this study were to evaluate Valencia groundnut genotypes for yield stability and classify environments to devise appropriate breeding strategies. Seventeen multi-location trials were conducted in six countries, viz., Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia, from 2013 to 2016.
Genetics, genomics and breeding of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
This review paper highlights advances in genetics, genomics, and breeding to improve the productivity of groundnut in Asia and Africa.
Fine-mapping of angular leaf spot resistance gene Phg-2 in common bean and development of molecular breeding tools
This study used next-generation sequencing datasets to design new SNP-based molecular markers to identify angular leaf spot (ALS) resistance in common bean.
