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Conference Posters
Listed alphabetically by the
first author
New, improved sorghum cultivars
released for Eritrean farmers
T.
Abraha, A.B. Obilana, E. Manyasa
Enhancing university involvement in
research for development: examples from FORUM R4D
E.
Adipala, P. Tukamuhabwa, S. Mpepereki, R. Okalebo, M. Kwapala
Construction of a
transformation-competent artificial chromosome library of
Oryza glaberrima
P-L. Amoussou, E. Guiderdoni, J.
W. Snape, J-C. Glaszmann, I. Bancroft, P. Piffanelli
On-farm evaluation and development of
sustainable seed production systems in the greater South Nyanza
districts of Kenya
R. Apamo, S. Mugo, G. Odhiambo,
F. Kanampiu, A. Diallo, D. Beck, M. Siambi, P. Omanga
Strengthening maize seed supply
systems for small-scale farmers in Uganda
G. Bigirwa, J. Kikafunda, J.
Imanywoha, S. Mugo, D. Beck, A.O. Diallo
Effect of epistasis in the expression
of relevant traits of cassava
N. Cach, F. Calle, H. Ceballos,
J.C. Perez, G. Jaramillo, J.I. Lenis, N. Morante
Heterosis, combining ability and
inheritance of panicle architecture in Guinea race sorghum
S. Dagnoko, F. Rattunde, M. Smith
A dual strategy for geminivirus
disease resistance
M.B. Dallas, S.B. Settlage, M.G.
Sanchez-Garza, L. Hanley-Bowdoin
Overcoming abiotic stresses in maize
farming through breeding and testing under natural unstressed and
managed-stress conditions
A.O. Diallo, M. Gethi, O. Odongo, Z.O.
Mduruma, G.G. Bigirwa, D. WegariReponses
of diverse genotypes of rice to drought at vegetative phase of plant
development
A.A. Efisue, H.E. Gridley, W.A.J.
de Milliano
Studies on allelopathic agents in
Desmodium species involved in suppressing
Striga
S.M. Guchu, T.K. Muniru, A.
Yenesew, N.K. Gikonyo, Z.R. Khan, A. Hassanali
Upland rice-a success story in Uganda
J. Imanywoha, P. Kibwika, M.
Walusimbi, G. Bigirwa, J. Lamo
Identification of resistance to gray
leaf spot and turcicum leaf blight in diverse collections of germplasm
J. Ininda, S. Ajanga, Jedida
Danson, O.M. Odongo
Cassava improvement in Kenya
J.W. Kamau, R. Melis, M. Laing,
P. Shanahan, E.C.K. Ngugi
Enhancing Striga control using
slow-release herbicide seed-coat formulation
F. Kanampiu, A. Diallo, S. Mugo,
M. Burnet, J. Gressel
Germplasm collection, characterization
and testing to identify sources of resistance to bean bruchids in Malawi
G.A.D. Kananji, J. Bokosi, R.
Melis
Increasing smallholder incomes through
a sustainable seed system: the Freshco experience
J.G. Karanja, J.M. Keli
On-farm testing and farmer
participatory evaluation of maize hybrids and open-pollinated varieties
with special traits in western Kenya
H. Karaya, S. Mugo, C. Ndinya, O.
Odongo
Insect resistance and African maize:
Bt genes and tissue-specific promoters work best with issues of freedom
to operate and intellectual property rights settled
M.
Kendall, I. Altosaar, J. Mao, J.T. Amason, M.A. Zaidi
On-farm evaluation of cassava
production and adaptability in the central Rift Valley of Kenya
M.G. Kinyua, D.K. Lelgut, A.C.
Ndiema, J. Ndung’u, P.N. Njau, P.K. Kimurto, H.O. Okwaro
Application of molecular markers for
the improvement of maize germplasm of the Kenya Agricultural Research
Institute for fungal disease resistance
M.
Kitavi, J. Ininda, G. Muluvi, J. Danson
Conversion of six cultivars of normal
open-pollinated maize to quality protein maize in Tanzania
K.M. Kitenge, D. Kirubi, Z.O.
Mduruma, Z. Mrinji
Molecular marker-assisted and farmer
participatory improvement of cassava germplasm for farmer and market
traits in Tanzania
A. Kullaya, K. Mtunda, H. Kulembeka,
E. Masumba, M. Ferguson, C. Ospina, E.J. Marin, L.G. Santos, E. Barrera,
N. Morante, H. Ceballos, J. Tohme, M. Fregene
Identifying amplified fragment length
polymorphism markers linked to maize streak virus resistance genes
M. Lagat, J. Ininda, J. Danson
Relationship between traits measured
at different stages of the selection process in cassava
J.I. Lenis, F. Calle, G.
Jaramillo, N. Morante, E. Ortega, J.C. Perez, H. Ceballos
Genetic diversity among different
sources of resistance to the cassava mosaic virus disease using simple
sequence repeat markers
Y. Lokko, A. Dixon, S. Offei, E.
Danquah, J. Mkumbira, M. Fregene
Smallholder farmers participate in
training on production of certified cowpea seed
R. Madamba
Smallholder farmers participate in
variety evaluation and selection
R. Madamba
Role of small private seed companies
in meeting Africa’s seed needs
J.L. Makoni
Identification of useful SSR markers
for the introgression of the opaque 2 trait into elite maize lines in
Uganda
R. Manna, J. Imanywoha, K. Pixley,
R. Edema
Models for biotechnology communication
W.P. Mandivenyi, J.R. Webster
How producing seed of improved
varieties improves farmer livelihood
I.M. Mashauri, S. Mashauri
Assessment of disease severity of
local cassava collections in Tanzania
E. Masumba, H. Kulembeka, K.
Mtunda, A. Kullaya, M. Fregene, E. Kanju, M. Ferguson
High root-protein content in
accessions of wild Manihot species and Manihot esculenta
land races from Guatemala
N. Morante, T. Sanchez, J. Marin,
C. Ospina, J. Gutierrez, E. Barrera, H. Ceballos, A. Alzate, S. Moreno,
M. Fregene
New early stress-tolerant
open-pollinated maize varieties adapted to a dry mid-altitude ecology of
Kenya
W.N.P. Muasya, A.O. Diallo
Introduction, screenhouse hardening
and field establishment of improved progenitors
K. Mtunda, R. Abdallah, A.
Kullaya, E. Masumba, H. Kulembeka, M. Ferguson, J. Marin, C. Ospina, E.
Barrera, L.G. Santos, N. Morante, H. Ceballos, J. Tohme, M. Fregene
Molecular characterization of the
Arabidopsis thaliana–Botrytis cinerea interaction
J.M.K. Mulema, P. Okori, K.J.
Denby
Identification of novel plant defence
genes by microarray profiling
S. Murray, M. Carstens, S-A.
Walford, K. Denby
Genomic characterization of popular
Kenyan banana germplasm using amplified fragment length polymorphism
R. Musyoki, E. Kahangi, E.C.
Ngugi, J.W. Ochieng
Breeding for witchweed resistance in
sorghum: parent characterization, inheritance studies and a search for
molecular markers
C.S. Mutengwa, P.B. Tongoona, I.
Sithole-Niang
Inheritance of gray leaf spot and
nitrogen use efficiency in maize
K.
Mwanza, D.M. Lungu, C. Mungoma, M. Bänziger
Evaluation of maize varieties in
farmers’ fields in Zimbabwe using mother-and-baby trial scheme
T. Ndhlela, K. Kwazira, X. Mhike
Small and medium-size seed companies
as vehicles for enhancing the adoption of high-yielding seed varieties
and modern technology
C.N. Ng’ang’a
Implications of genotype by
environment interaction in maize selection using mother-and-baby trials
D. Nginamau, F. Maideni, M.
Bänziger, M. Mwala
Physiological races of dry bean
anthracnose disease in Uganda
S. Nkalubo, R. Melis, F. Opio,
W.A.J. de Milliano, M. Laing
The key role of beans in alleviating
poverty and providing food security: effect of improved bean varieties
in western Kenya
M. Odendo, R. Otsyula,
R. Kalyebara, R. Buruchara, S. David
Farmer participatory maize variety
evaluation and seed production in western Kenya
G.D. Odhiambo, S. Mugo, M. Siambi,
R. Apamo, E. Ochieng, P. Mbai, F. Kanampiu
The effect of ethrel as a male
gametocide on finger millet
C.O.A. Oduori, W.A.J. de Milliano,
P. Shanahan, M.D. Laing, O.M. Odongo
Evaluation of potential quality
protein maize inbred donor lines for use in improving the protein
quality of adaptable maize lines in Uganda
D.K. Okello, J. Imanywoha, K.
Pixley, R. Edema
Strengthening research networks through the
www.africancrops.net website
M.N. Omare, J. DeVries
Molecular characterization and mapping
of msv1 gene linked to maize streak virus resistance using simple
sequence repeat markers
M.
Onsarigo, J. Ininda, G. Muluvi, J. Danson
Evaluation of 54 cowpea genotypes for
resistance to cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus in Uganda
M. Orawu, R. Melis, W.A.J. de
Milliano, M. Laing, E. Adipala
Molecular marker-assisted breeding for
resistance to cassava mosaic disease and cassava green mite in Latin
American cassava gene pools
C. Ospina, J. Marin, E. Barrera,
N. Morante, J. Gutierrez, H. Ceballos, M. Fregene
Towards developing transgenic plants
resistant to maize streak virus through the siRNA-silencing approach
B. Owor, D. Shepherd, R. Edema,
J.A. Thomson
Genetic, phenotypic and environmental
relationships between different traits in cassava
J.C. Perez, E. Ortega, J.I.
Lenis, N. Morante, M. Espitia, H. Ceballos
Farmers’ involvement with
participatory bean improvement in western Kenya
G.O. Rachier, R. Juma,
L. Ongadi
Comparative map and trait viewer: an
integrated bioinformatics tool to construct consensus maps and compare
quantitative trait loci and functional genomics data across genomes and
experiments
M.C. Sawkins, A.D. Farmer, D.
Hoisington, J. Sullivan, A. Tolopko, Z. Jiang, J-M. Ribaut
Getting closer to the salt-tolerance
gene
E.B. Tumimbang, D.L. Adorada, J.
Niones, F. Elahi, Z. Seraj, J. Dvorjak, G.B. Gregorio
Dissection of quantitative trait loci
for northern corn leaf blight in maize
Y. Wei, C-L. Chung, R.J. Nelson
Improving pearl millet productivity in
West Africa: options for exploring heterosis
E. Weltzien, S. Boureima, M.D.
Sanogo, I. Angarawai, A. Issaka, R. Zangre, A. Fofana, I. Sissoko
Diversity arrays technology, a tool
for harnessing crop genetic diversity
P. Wenzl, V. Caig, J. Carling, C.
Cayla, M. Evers, D. Jaccoud, S. Patarapuwadol, G. Uszynski, L. Xia, S,
Yang, E. Huttner, A. Kilian
A synthesis of studies on quantitative
disease resistance in rice and maize
R.J. Wisser, Q. Sun, S.H.
Hulbert, S. Kresovich, Y. Wei, R.J. Nelson
Status of cassava production in areas
affected by cassava brown streak disease in Mozambique
A.M. Zacarias, C.E. Cuambe, M.P.
Maleia
RNA-mediated cassava geminivirus
resistance in transgenic cassava
P.
Zhang, H. Vanderschuren, W. Gruissem
Evaluation of 50 cowpea varieties
through participatory mother-and-baby trial approach
F. Zinyandu, R. Madamba
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