Genomics, genetics and breeding of common bean in Africa: A review of tropical legume project
A review of work by CIAT and its national partners in Africa to overcome production constraints of common bean and address food and nutrition needs and market demands through development of multitrait bean varieties.
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.
Welfare impacts of improved chickpea adoption: A pathway for rural development in Ethiopia?
An analysis of the impact of improved chickpea in Ethiopia using three rounds of panel data: estimating determinants of adoption; estimating impact on household income and poverty; and disaggregating results by landholding.
Public sector soybean (Glycine max) breeding: Advances in cultivar development in the African tropics
A review providing highlights of the achievements made by IITA’s breeding program and insights into what needs to be done to enhance yield improvement for soybean in Africa using demand‐driven breeding approaches.
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata): Genetics, genomics and breeding
A review of the genetics, genomics, and breeding of cowpea. Reports on the search for QTLs related to desirable attributes such as drought tolerance, phosphorus use efficiency, and bacterial blight and virus resistance.
Tropical Legumes II: Final Report
Final report to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the achievements of the Tropical Legumes II phase II project, which ran from 2011 to 2015. Note, some financial details have been redacted.
Introduction to the Breeding Program Assessment Tool (BPAT)
Presentation on the Breeding Program Assessment Tool, a structured evaluation process for breeding programs. BPAT assesses management, organization, and capacity using criteria commonly used to evaluate commercial plant breeding programs.
Variability in yield and vegetative growth of some selected cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] lines under varying shade conditions
This study was conducted to elucidate the effect of varying shade conditions of some selected cowpea lines in relation to their vegetative growth and yield. The study revealed positive phenotypic correlation coefficients of higher magnitudes for varieties grown under the single and double shading conditions.
Response of some groundnut varieties to Alectra vogelii infestation in northern Nigeria
This paper presents the results of a field trial conducted in northern Nigeria in 2014 during the rainy season to evaluate the response of 11 local and improved groundnut genotypes to natural infestation of Alectra vogelii.
Drought tolerance mechanisms for response to pre- and post-flowering drought stress of groundnut in a dryland ecology
This poster presents the results of a study that investigated the mechanisms of drought tolerance of selected groundnut cultivars under pre- and post-flowering drought stress.
