eprintid: 10722
rev_number: 18
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1305
dir: disk0/00/01/07/22
datestamp: 2018-06-13 08:20:32
lastmod: 2018-06-13 08:20:32
status_changed: 2018-06-13 08:20:32
type: conference_item
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Desmae, H
creators_name: Ntare, B
creators_name: Motagi, B N
creators_name: Falalou, H
creators_name: Upadhyaya, H D
creators_name: Oteng-Frimpong, R
creators_name: Sako, D
creators_name: Echekwu, C
creators_name: Miningou, A
creators_name: Monyo, E
creators_name: Varshney, R K
icrisatcreators_name: Desmae, H
icrisatcreators_name: Ntare, B
icrisatcreators_name: Motagi, B N
icrisatcreators_name: Falalou, H
icrisatcreators_name: Upadhyaya, H D
icrisatcreators_name: Monyo, E
icrisatcreators_name: Varshney, R K
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bamako)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Kano)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Niamey)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
affiliation: Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) (Tamale)
affiliation: Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER) (Kayes)
affiliation: Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR) (Zaria)
affiliation: Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA) (Kamboinsé)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Nairobi)
country: Mali
country: Nigeria
country: Niger
country: India
country: Ghana
country: Burkina Faso
country: Kenya
title: Advances in groundnut breeding for drought prone West and Central Africa
ispublished: pub
subjects: CR1
subjects: PLB1
subjects: s1.3
subjects: s4009
subjects: s401010
divisions: CRPS5
divisions: CRPS3
divisions: CRPS1
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: West Africa, Central Africa, groundnut breeding, drought prone
abstract: The West and Central Africa region accounts for more than 70%
of the groundnut production in Africa. The crop is challenged by
various biotic and abiotic production constraints with drought
being the main abiotic constraint. ICRISAT has been working
with national breeding programs to develop improved groundnut
varieties. The approach used included identifying sources of
resistance, developing populations, evaluating in target environments
and releasing improved farmer preferred varieties for production.
The Tropical Legumes project initiated in 2007 has been
instrumental in strengthening the breeding program in the region.
Nine drought resistant/tolerant accessions were identified
from evaluation of the mini core collections, and these accessions
have been utilized as parents in crossing programs. Since
2007, ICRISAT distributed more than 1000 advanced breeding
lines to national programs. Farmer participatory variety selection
was found very useful for fast track release and adoption of improved
varieties. Twenty two varieties have been released/registered
across the region as a result of project efforts (4 in Ghana,
5 in Mali, 4 in Niger, 3 in Nigeria and 6 in Senegal). These varieties
are high yielding (yield advantage of >20%) with resistance
or tolerance to drought and major diseases. Currently, efforts
are underway to improve the efficiency of breeding programs
and to enhance genetic gain. These include designing product
pipelines based on traits of breeding interest; reducing generation
advancement process of breeding populations by growing
2 to 3 generations per year; integrating modern genomic tools;
digitizing data collection, analysis, management and sharing by
using BMS; and enhancing the skills of breeders and technicians.
date: 2017-02
date_type: published
pagerange: P-091
event_title: InterDrought-V
event_location: Hyderabad, India
event_dates: February 21-25, 2017
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Desmae, H and Ntare, B and Motagi, B N and Falalou, H and Upadhyaya, H D and Oteng-Frimpong, R and Sako, D and Echekwu, C and Miningou, A and Monyo, E and Varshney, R K  (2017) Advances in groundnut breeding for drought prone West and Central Africa.  In: InterDrought-V, February 21-25, 2017, Hyderabad, India.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/10722/1/Abs278.pdf