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2nd RUFORUM Regional Conf: Plant Breeding

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Second RUFORUM Biennial Regional Conference

Plant Breeding

Development of improved scald tolerant barley varieties with superior enduse (malt) and nutritional quality for dry land areas of the northern Ethiopia

Combining ability among interspecific (G. hirsutum x G. barbadense) and mutation derived lines of cotton in fiber quality and agronomic traits

Exploiting genome synteny in breeding for Protein Quality and Waxiness in maize and sorghum

Genetic variation of Zambian maize inbred lines commonly used in breeding

Grain filling patterns of CIMMYT early maize inbred lines

Importance and approaches of obtaining experimental uniformity

Inheritance of resistance to bacterial blight and implication for rice improvement in Uganda

Characterization of root development in a segregating diploid banana population as a searching basis for resistance to Radopholus similis

Introgressing resistance to Fusarium root rot in selected farmer preferred Andean bean genotypes from Meso-American line and mapping of associated resistance quantitative trait loci

Evaluating the macropropagation efficiency of banana varieties preferred by farmers in Eastern and Central Kenya

Genetic effects of inbreeding on harvest index and root dry matter content in cassava

Assessing the efficacy of pyramided genes in conferring dual and durable resistance to bean anthracnose and root rot

Enhancing genetic resistance to soybean rust disease

Introgressing resistance to Turcicum leaf blight and mapping of associated quantitative trait loci in sorghum

Genetic inheritance studies and early generation marker selection in maize breeding for drought tolerance

Inheritance of resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease in selected rice cultivars in Uganda

Genetics of resistance to bacterial leaf blight in rice germplasm in Uganda

Adaptability of rice cultivars to different ecologies in western province of Zambia

Combining ability analysis of quality protein maize (QPM) and non-PM inbred lines for kernel quality and some agronomic characteristics

Analysis of drought tolerance in selected upland rice genotypes in Uganda

Genetic diversity for resistance to larger grain borer in maize hybrids and open pollinated varieties in Kenya

Assessing effectiveness of macropropagation technology to produce healthy seedlings of banana varieties with high market demand in Eastern and Central provinces, Kenya

Combining ability and performance of maize hybrids under low nitrogen and drought stress

Pyramiding Fusarium root rot resistance genes and validation of SSR PVBR87 in common bean

Inheritance of resistance to Fusarium root rot in three common bean genotypes

Heterosis and combining abilities for multiple resistance to Turcicum leaf blight and maize streak virus

Enhancing sweetpotato resistance to African weevils (Cylas puncticollis and Cylas brunneus) through transgenic breeding

Enhancing Callus induction and embrogenic cell suspension development in East African highland banana

Efficient regeneration and transformation systems for improving resistance to weevils in Ugandan sweetpotato cultivars

Evaluation of physiological and morphological traits conferring drought tolerance in cowpea

Characterisation of genetic diversity among Sudanese sorghum accessions using molecular markers and phenotypic characteristics

Developing a broad soybean germplasm base and durable resistance to soybean rust disease in Uganda

Identification of drought related and drought responsive genes in cassava

Back to Article:  Background papers: Climate Change: Agronomy: Diseases: Pests: Plant Breeding: Natural Resource Management:

 


Second RUFORUM Biennial Regional Conference

Plant Breeding

Development of improved scald tolerant barley varieties with superior enduse (malt) and nutritional quality for dry land areas of the northern Ethiopia

Combining ability among interspecific (G. hirsutum x G. barbadense) and mutation derived lines of cotton in fiber quality and agronomic traits

Exploiting genome synteny in breeding for Protein Quality and Waxiness in maize and sorghum

Genetic variation of Zambian maize inbred lines commonly used in breeding

Grain filling patterns of CIMMYT early maize inbred lines

Importance and approaches of obtaining experimental uniformity

Inheritance of resistance to bacterial blight and implication for rice improvement in Uganda

Characterization of root development in a segregating diploid banana population as a searching basis for resistance to Radopholus similis

Introgressing resistance to Fusarium root rot in selected farmer preferred Andean bean genotypes from Meso-American line and mapping of associated resistance quantitative trait loci

Evaluating the macropropagation efficiency of banana varieties preferred by farmers in Eastern and Central Kenya

Genetic effects of inbreeding on harvest index and root dry matter content in cassava

Assessing the efficacy of pyramided genes in conferring dual and durable resistance to bean anthracnose and root rot

Enhancing genetic resistance to soybean rust disease

Introgressing resistance to Turcicum leaf blight and mapping of associated quantitative trait loci in sorghum

Genetic inheritance studies and early generation marker selection in maize breeding for drought tolerance

Inheritance of resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease in selected rice cultivars in Uganda

Genetics of resistance to bacterial leaf blight in rice germplasm in Uganda

Adaptability of rice cultivars to different ecologies in western province of Zambia

Combining ability analysis of quality protein maize (QPM) and non-PM inbred lines for kernel quality and some agronomic characteristics

Analysis of drought tolerance in selected upland rice genotypes in Uganda

Genetic diversity for resistance to larger grain borer in maize hybrids and open pollinated varieties in Kenya

Assessing effectiveness of macropropagation technology to produce healthy seedlings of banana varieties with high market demand in Eastern and Central provinces, Kenya

Combining ability and performance of maize hybrids under low nitrogen and drought stress

Pyramiding Fusarium root rot resistance genes and validation of SSR PVBR87 in common bean

Inheritance of resistance to Fusarium root rot in three common bean genotypes

Heterosis and combining abilities for multiple resistance to Turcicum leaf blight and maize streak virus

Enhancing sweetpotato resistance to African weevils (Cylas puncticollis and Cylas brunneus) through transgenic breeding

Enhancing Callus induction and embrogenic cell suspension development in East African highland banana

Efficient regeneration and transformation systems for improving resistance to weevils in Ugandan sweetpotato cultivars

Evaluation of physiological and morphological traits conferring drought tolerance in cowpea

Characterisation of genetic diversity among Sudanese sorghum accessions using molecular markers and phenotypic characteristics

Developing a broad soybean germplasm base and durable resistance to soybean rust disease in Uganda

Identification of drought related and drought responsive genes in cassava

Back to Article:  Background papers: Climate Change: Agronomy: Diseases: Pests: Plant Breeding: Natural Resource Management:

 

Denis Wamala

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