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PI:
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Dr. Pangirai Tongoona and Mr. Charles Mutengwa
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Contact Details
Dept. of Crop Science
, University of Zimbabwe
P. O. MP 167, Mt. Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
Phone: +263 (-4) -303211
Fax: +263 (-4) -333407 /333678
Email direct from site:
tongo@agric.uz.ac.zw
Charles Mutengwa
email:
mutengwah@yahoo.co.uk |
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Grantee: |
University of Zimbabwe
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Amount:
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US $12,650
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Duration:
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Three Years |
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Characterization of parent materials for Striga
resistance. These sorghum
cultivars are SV-1, SAR 19, SAR 29, and SAR 16. Their
response to Striga infestation was determined, combining
ability for Striga resistance explained, important sorghum
yield components under Striga infestation identified by
path coefficient analysis, and inheritance studies of low
stimulant production were also conducted for cultivars SAR
19 and SAR 29.
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A molecular
linkage map consisting of RAPD
and SSR markers was produced using an F2 population that
was derived from the cross between SV-1 and SAR 29. This
map can be saturated by scoring more markers in the
segregating population. Markers that are on the present
map can be potentially linked to traits of economic
importance in sorghum. Linkage studies will have to be
conducted to verify this.
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Attendance to
international conferences and
meetings at which papers were presented. Some results from
this project has been published in Scientific journals.
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A PhD student,
Charles Mutengwa, is under examination and should graduate
next year. He is a direct product of this project.
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