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MAS for Crop
Improvement in Kenya (KARI Biotechnology Center)
 This
photo shows several serious problems faced by maize farmers in Kenya.
Among the constraints include the maize streak virus disease (already
researchers are applying markers for selection), the grey leaf spot (to
use markers in the near future), the northern corn leaf blight, ear rot
and striga. The aim of the marker assisted selection program at the KARI
biotechnology centre is to assist breeders in selecting favorable genes
within a shorter time period to enhance crop improvement programs and
release of new crop varieties to farmers.
Photo: Taken in western
Kenya by J. W. Danson
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