Past, present and future criteria to breed crops for water-limited environments in West Africa

Asia's Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s has largely bypassed West Africa, and “modern” (high-yielding, input responsive) germplasm for staple crops has found comparatively little adoption, except for systems that are have good access to markets and sufficient water resources. It is unlik...

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Published in:	Agricultural water management Vol. 80; no. 1; pp. 241 - 261
Main Authors:	Dingkuhn, M., Singh, B.B., Clerget, B., Chantereau, J., Sultan, B.
Format:	Journal Article Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 24-02-2006 Elsevier Science Elsevier Elsevier Masson
Series:	Agricultural Water Management
Subjects:	Adaptation to environment and cultivation conditions Agricultural transition Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions biodiversity Biological and medical sciences Cowpea cowpeas crop-weed competition drought tolerance Dual-purpose varieties Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology genetic improvement Genetics and breeding of economic plants Geophysics grain sorghum literature reviews Oryza Oryza sativa Photoperiodism Physics plant breeding Plant types rice Selection criteria Sorghum Sorghum bicolor Stay-green Upland rice Varietal selection. Specialized plant breeding, plant breeding aims varieties Vigna unguiculata Weed competition Western Africa West Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Africa Asia Weed competition Plant types Sorghum Cowpea Dual-purpose varieties Agricultural transition Selection criteria Upland rice Photoperiodism Stay-green Water management Water resource management Environmental factor Drought resistance Selection criterion Agriculture Cultivated plant Water resources Adaptation Plant production Genetic selection Tropical crop Food crop Limiting factor Genetic improvement Multipurpose variety
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