<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Breeding tropical legume crops for resilient cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa"^^ . "Legume crops are important components of sustainable agricultural\r\nproduction, household income and dietary systems. However,\r\nlegume production in the tropics is challenged by a number\r\nof biotic (diseases and pests) and abiotic (heat, and drought)\r\nstresses. With support from bilateral projects such as Tropical\r\nLegumes (TL1, TL2 and TL3), CGIAR centers together with national\r\nresearch partners devoted resources and time to address\r\nthese challenges. Genetic resources such as reference sets,\r\npre-breeding, magic and intraspecific mapping populations, as\r\nwell as genomic resources such as comprehensive genetic maps,\r\nwhole genome sequences, QTLs and trait-specific markers have\r\nbeen developed for tropical legume crops such as chickpea,\r\ngroundnut, common bean, pigeonpea, soybean and cowpea. Besides,\r\nintegrated breeding approaches including high throughput\r\ngenotyping and phenotyping platforms, marker-assisted selection\r\n(MAS) in pedigree breeding schemes, marker-assisted\r\nbackcrossing (MABC) and marker-assisted recurrent selection\r\n(MARS) have contributed to accelerated development of breeding\r\nlines and varieties. Improved varieties have been released\r\nand disseminated together with integrated crop management\r\npractices. Innovative seed and associated technology dissemination\r\nsystems including public-private sector partnerships,\r\ncommunity seed production initiatives, quality declared seed,\r\nmini seed packs, contractual seed production, and revolving\r\nseed fund, among others, were used to popularize these varieties.\r\nThis has resulted in enhanced adoption and subsequent improvement\r\nin productivity. More efforts are needed to enhance\r\ngenetic gain by reducing time required for cultivar development\r\nthrough application of genomic and phenomic tools, enhancing\r\nselection intensity through automation, mechanization and digitization,\r\nand increasing the crossing scale and number of cycles\r\nper year."^^ . "2017-02" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A"^^ . "Fikre"^^ . "A Fikre"^^ . . "C"^^ . "Mukankusi-Mugisha"^^ . "C Mukankusi-Mugisha"^^ . . "E"^^ . "Monyo"^^ . "E Monyo"^^ . . "H"^^ . "Desmae"^^ . "H Desmae"^^ . . "C O"^^ . "Ojiewo"^^ . "C O Ojiewo"^^ . . "O"^^ . "Boukar"^^ . "O Boukar"^^ . . "B N"^^ . "Motagi"^^ . "B N Motagi"^^ . . . . "InterDrought-V"^^ . . . . . "Hyderabad, India"^^ . . . . . . "Breeding tropical legume crops for resilient cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "303.pdf"^^ . . . "Breeding tropical legume crops for resilient cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Breeding tropical legume crops for resilient cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Breeding tropical legume crops for resilient cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Breeding tropical legume crops for resilient cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Breeding tropical legume crops for resilient cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #10728 \n\nBreeding tropical legume crops for resilient cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Plant Breeding"@en . . . "Cropping and Farming Systems"@en . . . "Legume Crops"@en . . . "Sub-Saharan Africa"@en . .