Omics-driven crop improvement for stress tolerance, Volume II
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Omics-driven crop improvement for stress tolerance, Volume II
Institutional and economic analysis of community-based breeding programs in pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of Uganda
Published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice
The study examines community-based breeding schemes as a cost-effective method for enhancing the productivity of indigenous livestock breeds. While such projects offer benefits, their success varies in different locations. Drawing data from Uganda’s Teso and Karamoja regions, the research reveals that investing in such projects yields positive outc...
Analysis of genome-wide association studies of low-temperature germination in Xian and Geng rice
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Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Rice is the leading global staple crop. Low temperatures pose negative impacts on rice’s optimal growth and development. Rice cultivars acclimating to low temperatures exhibited improved seedling emergence under direct-seeded sowing conditions, yet little is known about the genes that regulate germination at low temperatures (LTG). In this research...
Breeding for improved digestibility and processing of lignocellulosic biomass in Zea mays
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Forage maize is a versatile crop extensively utilized for animal nutrition in agriculture and holds promise as a valuable resource for the production of fermentable sugars in the biorefinery sector. Within this context, the carbohydrate fraction of the lignocellulosic biomass undergoes deconstruction during ruminal digestion and the saccharificatio...
Using non-addive effects in genome-wide association studies and genomic predictions to improve biotic stress tolerance i...
Accounting for genetic architecture is crucial to breed for sustainable disease resistances and tolerances in plants. Indeed, (i) harnessing together minor and major effects genes allows to design a more durable plant immunity with large spectrum (ii) access to non-additive variance allows for a better exploitation of the total genetic variance whe...
A gendered assessment of crop traits to improve breeding product design and uptake: the case of potato in Kenya
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Published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
The study assesses the gender implications of a target product profile for table potato in Kenya. Breeding programs mostly emphasize farmers’ trait requirements and rarely pay attention to other value chain actors’ preferences. This partially contributes to the low uptake of improved varieties. Therefore, efforts are required to assess the gender i...
Genetic trends in the Kenya Highland Maize Breeding Program between 1999 and 2020
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Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Optimization of a breeding program requires assessing and quantifying empirical genetic trends made through past efforts relative to the current breeding strategies, germplasm, technologies, and policy. To establish the genetic trends in the Kenyan Highland Maize Breeding Program (KHMP), a two-decade (1999–2020) historical dataset from the Prelimin...
Advances in pea breeding and genomics
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Breeding ecology of the endangered Algerian Nuthatch (Sitta ledanti) endemic to the Babors′ Kabylia (Northeastern Algeri...
Published in Ornis Hungarica
The endemic Algerian Nuthatch Sitta ledanti, is classified as an endangered species by the IUCN and protected species by Algerian law. Available information on its nesting and breeding biology is sporadic and incomplete, the purpose of which is to provide additional data on the different aspects of multi-site nesting of the species. 22 nests are mo...
New distribution and breeding location of the Stock Dove Columba oenas in Algeria
Published in Ornis Hungarica
Algeria hosts seven species of the Columbidae family, including pigeons and doves, the majority of which have been the subject of numerous studies, but none have been conducted on the Stock Dove (Columba oenas). Data on this species are still scarce, and its distribution is limited only to Kabylie in northern Algeria. Species occurrence data were c...
