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Mining and utilization of salinity tolerant legumes in tropical coastal agroecosystems: An overview
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126315
Abstract
Coastal saline soils are increasing year by year caused by climate change and human activities. Most of the coastal saline soils are idle due to their high salinity level and few crops can grow normally. Salinity tolerant legumes are naturally tolerant to salt, which can ecologically cover the coastal saline soil, enhance soil fertility by symbiotic nitrogen fixation and increase the…
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The poor agricultural system in Africa, who is to blame?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126544
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Although agriculture is the backbone of the African economy, it has faced considerable challenges in the past sixty years. Africa has moved from being a self-sufficiency continent before the 1960s, to net food importers, with a handful of countries facing severe food shortages from drought, desertification, climate change and wars. In this article, we use the case of Northern Ghana to explore some of the salient dynamics that have…
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Comparative analysis of the sensory acceptability of introduced Pro-Vitamin A-rich bananas in Eastern Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126560
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The wide banana diversity and reported high Pro-Vitamin A carotenoid levels in varieties originally outside Eastern Africa that are agronomically viable for the region indicates potential for banana in mitigating vitamin A deficiency. Materials and methods – This study analysed sensory evaluation results of Pro-Vitamin A-rich bananas (pVABs) and local varieties in Burundi,…
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Interspecific introgression patterns reveal the origins of worldwide cultivated bananas in New Guinea
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126719
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Hybridizations between Musa species and subspecies, enabled by their transport via human migration, were proposed to have played an important role in banana domestication. We exploited sequencing data of 226 Musaceae accessions, including wild and cultivated accessions, to characterize the inter(sub)specific hybridization pattern that gave rise to cultivated bananas. We identified 11…
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The origins and dispersal throughout the Pacific Islands of Fehi bananas (Musa series Australimusa)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126722
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Fehi bananas are a Pacific Islands and eastern Indonesian assemblage of parthenocarpic diploid and triploid cultivars in Musa series Australimusa. Fehi cultivars were derived principally from M. maclayi, M. lolodensis and M. bukensiss.l. and related entities. Eleven Fehi cultivar groups comprising morphologically similar cultivars are described, along with naturalised forms from eastern…
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Achieving win-win outcomes for biodiversity and yield through diversified farming
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126750
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To leverage agriculture's potential to better benefit both people and nature, policymakers need clear messages about which farming practices positively impact biodiversity and yields, and when trade-offs arise. Existing reviews analyse effects of different agricultural practices on either biodiversity or yield, without considering interactions. Here, we applied multinomial and quantile regression models…
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Integrated modeling to achieve global goals: lessons from the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-use, and Energy (FABLE) initiative
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126836
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Humanity is challenged with making progress toward global biodiversity, freshwater, and climate goals, while providing food and nutritional security for everyone. Our current food and land-use systems are incompatible with this ambition making them unsustainable. Papers in this special feature introduce a participatory, integrated modeling approach applied…
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The road to recovery: a synthesis of outcomes from ecosystem restoration in tropical and sub-tropical Asian forests
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126840
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Current policy is driving renewed impetus to restore forests to return ecological function, protect species, sequester carbon and secure livelihoods. Here we assess the contribution of tree planting to ecosystem restoration in tropical and sub-tropical Asia; we synthesize evidence on mortality and growth of planted trees at 176 sites and assess structural and biodiversity…
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Six underutilized grain crops for food and nutrition in China
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126976
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Underutilized grain crops are an essential part of the food system that supports humankind. A number of these crops can be found in China, such as barley, buckwheat, broomcorn millet, foxtail millet, oat, and sorghum, which have characteristics such as containing more nutritional elements, being resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, and having strong adaptability to poor environments. The diversity of these crops provides…
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Response of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to seed treatment in Central Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127033
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Seed treatment presents an opportunity to boost bean productivity; however, the technology has not been widely tested in Kenya and the sub Saharan Africa region. An experiment was carried out at Kandara, Central Kenya to compare the effects of seed treatment applications on bean performance. The split-plot design experiment with three replicates included four seed treatment products: Apron Star, Seed Plus,…
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Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging as a tool for evaluating disease resistance of common bean lines in the Western Amazon region of Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127036
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The evaluation of disease resistance is considered an important aspect of phenotyping for crop improvement. Identification of advanced lines of the common bean with disease resistance contributes to improved grain yields. This study aimed to determine the response of the photosyn- thetic apparatus to natural pathogen infection by using chlorophyll (Chla…
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Building value chains for enhanced PGR utilization and sustainable food systems
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127038
Publication year
2022
Authors
Rana, Jai Chand
Malik, S.K.
Falcis, Eleonora de
Full Citation
Rana, J.C.; Malik, S.K.; De Falcis, E. (2022) Building value chains for enhanced PGR utilization and sustainable food systems. Indian Journal of Plant Genetec Resources 35(3) p. 100–106 ISSN: 0971-8184…
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A multiomics integrative analysis of color de-synchronization with softening of 'Hass' avocado fruit: A first insight into a complex physiological disorder
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127039
Publication year
2023
Authors
Núñez-Lillo, Gerardo
Ponce, Excequel
Arancibia-Guerra, Camila
Carpentier, Sebastien C.
Carrasco-Pancorbo, Alegría
Olmo-García, Lucía
Chirinos, Rosana…
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Effector genes in Magnaporthe oryzae Triticum as potential targets for incorporating blast resistance in wheat
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127042
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Wheat blast (WB), caused by Magnaporthe oryzae Triticum pathotype, recently emerged as a destructive disease that threatens global wheat production. Because few sources of genetic resistance have been identified in wheat, genetic transformation of wheat with rice blast resistance genes could expand resistance to WB. We evaluated the presence/absence of homologs of rice blast…
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Perspective: What might it cost to reconfigure food systems?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127056
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Even an approximate estimate of the amount of investment required globally to reconfigure food systems for resilience and sustainability in the face of climate change could help to catalyse the urgent action that is needed. A report published in 2020 set out eleven actions that were identified as being needed to reconfigure food systems. Here we estimate the annual cost of implementing these eleven actions to be USD 1.3 ± 0.1…
