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Abstracts Home Research in Genetic Improvement of Rice

Gene mining of indigenous rice germplasm to improve drought resistance in rainfed production systems of Africa

H. Gridley, K. Futakutchi, M-N. Ndjiondjop

West Africa Rice Development Association–The Africa Rice Centre, Côte d'Ivoire

Gene mining African rice germplasm to improve drought resistance in rainfed production systems for resource-poor farmers of Africa

M-N. Ndjiondjop, H. Gridley

West Africa Rice Development Association, Côte d'Ivoire

Upland rice research in Uganda: strategies used to popularize and disseminate Nerica

J. Lamo, J.T. Kikafunda, T. Kalule, G. Bigirwa

National Agricultural Research Organization / Namulonge Agricultural Research Institute, Uganda

Development of interspecific Oryza sativa x Oryza glaberrima populations and identification of transgressive variation associated with quantitative trait loci for drought resistance

M. Semon, F. Onishi, N. Polato, S. McCouch

Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics -Cornell University, USA

Development of interspecific lines for drought resistance under flooding and rainfed lowland conditions in Mali

F. Cisse, Y. Doumbia

Institut d'Economie Rurale CRRA de Sikasso, Mali

Discovery and use of wild alleles for crop improvement

S.R. McCouch

Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics -Cornell University, USA

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