Search Results - "Odeny, Damaris Achieng"
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Genetics and breeding for climate change in Orphan crops
Published in Theoretical and applied genetics (01-06-2021)“…Climate change is rapidly changing how we live, what we eat and produce, the crops we breed and the target traits. Previously underutilized orphan crops that…”
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New pre‐attachment Striga resistant sorghum adapted to African agro‐ecologies
Published in Pest management science (01-06-2021)“…BACKGROUND Pre‐attachment resistance to the parasitic plants Striga hermonthica and S. asiatica occurs in sorghum mutants designated low germination stimulant…”
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A high‐density linkage map of finger millet provides QTL for blast resistance and other agronomic traits
Published in The plant genome (01-03-2022)“…Finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] is a critical subsistence crop in eastern Africa and southern Asia but has few genomic resources and modern…”
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Progress in Mapping and Cloning Qualitative and Quantitative Resistance Against Phytophthora infestans in Potato and Its Wild Relatives
Published in Potato research (01-08-2009)“…Cultivated potato is susceptible to many pests and pathogens, none of which is more of a threat to potato agriculture than the late blight disease, caused by…”
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The potential of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) in Africa
Published in Natural resources forum (01-11-2007)“…Pigeonpea is a tropical grain legume grown mainly in India. Though largely considered an orphan crop, pigeonpea has a huge untapped potential for improvement…”
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Correction to: Genetics and breeding for climate change in Orphan crops
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Physicochemical and sensory attributes of gluten‐free sourdough breads produced from underutilised African cereal flours and flour blends
Published in International journal of food science & technology (01-01-2023)“…Summary To seek potential alternative(s) for imported wheat in the African baking industry, the physicochemical parameters and sensory attributes of sourdough…”
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Physical organization of mixed protease inhibitor gene clusters, coordinated expression and association with resistance to late blight at the StKI locus on potato chromosome III
Published in Plant, cell and environment (01-12-2010)“…Protease inhibitors (PIs) play a role in plant defence against pests and pathogens as well as in plant development. Potato (Solanum tuberosum) contains…”
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From bits to bites: Advancement of the Germinate platform to support prebreeding informatics for crop wild relatives
Published in Crop science (01-05-2021)“…Management and distribution of experimental data from prebreeding projects is important to ensure uptake of germplasm into breeding and research programs…”
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Genome-wide association studies reveal novel loci for resistance to groundnut rosette disease in the African core groundnut collection
Published in Theoretical and applied genetics (01-03-2023)“…Key message We identified markers associated with GRD resistance after screening an Africa-wide core collection across three seasons in Uganda Groundnut is…”
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Genome analyses reveal population structure and a purple stigma color gene candidate in finger millet
Published in Nature communications (21-06-2023)“…Finger millet is a key food security crop widely grown in eastern Africa, India and Nepal. Long considered a ‘poor man’s crop’, finger millet has regained…”
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Comparison of the microbial composition of African fermented foods using amplicon sequencing
Published in Scientific reports (25-09-2019)“…Fermented foods play a major role in the diet of people in Africa, where a wide variety of raw materials are fermented. Understanding the microbial populations…”
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Draft genome sequence of Solanum aethiopicum provides insights into disease resistance, drought tolerance, and the evolution of the genome
Published in Gigascience (01-10-2019)“…The African eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum) is a nutritious traditional vegetable used in many African countries, including Uganda and Nigeria. It is thought to…”
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The potential of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) in Africa: Sustainable agriculture and rural development
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Sustainable agriculture and rural development
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