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Program Grants
and Outputs for Year 2000
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Grant
Title:
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Improvement of an experimental Maize variety
LP 16 to disease resistance and low nitrogen tolerance |
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P I:
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Dr.
Justus Imanywoha |
Contact Details
NARO/NAARI
P.O. Box 7048,
Kampala, Uganda
Phone:
+256 (-41) -341554
Fax:
+256 (41) 321070
Email
direct from site:
g.bigirwa@naro-ug.org
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Grantee:
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NARO
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Grant No:
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RF98006#37 |
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Amount:
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US $5,774
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Duration
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Years 2000-2003
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Collaborators:
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Project Outputs
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Outputs
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An open pollinated variety
Longe 4 was successfully developed and released in 2000. The
variety has good attributes like early maturity being the earliest
of all varieties in the country taking only 105 days as opposed to
120, high yielding giving 4 t/ha, good levels of resistance to TLB,
GLS and MSV.
Impact
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It is now the most popular open
pollinated variety in country and is being produced by all seed
companies
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Because of its good qualities,
the variety has been released in neighboring countries, Kenya and
Tanzania. Through inter trade, the variety is being grown by some
farmers in Rwanda, southern Sudan and Democratic Republic of
Congo.
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