Food supply and income in rural areas of West Africa (WA) depend strongly on the local production, and mostly on farmers field production of root and tuber crops, and cereals. To feed an ever-increasing population in a context of climate-change and low-input cultural conditions, breeding for resilient crops can guarantee smallholder farmers food security and cash income for a sustainable rural development. Sorghum hybrids for WA were first explored in the early 1970s and hybrid crosses of Malian landraces with introduced Caudatum-race seed parents were evaluated in the early 80s. Although those hybrids exhibited good heterosis for grain yield, their lack of grain quality made them commercially unsustainable. Efforts by the International Cro...
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), the staple foot for one third of the world population, is one of the t...
Multiple-line crosses (MC) have been proposed as promising mapping resource for quantitative trait l...
Stalk lodging causes yield losses in maize cultivation ranging from 5 to 20% annually worldwide and ...
Maize is a major food crop in Africa and primarily grown by small-holder farmers under rain-fed cond...
About two hundred and twenty three million people are undernourished in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) wit...
Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is grown by >90 million subsistence farmers, mostly in...
A growing world population juxtaposed with dwindling phosphorus (P) resources present new challenges...
Arable weeds are one of the most endangered species groups in Central Europe. Modern agriculture and...
Breeding for stress tolerance is the most cost effective way of avoiding drought-induced yield reduc...
Since the introduction of maize into Europe, open-pollinated varieties of flint maize were cultivate...
The area of maize (Zea mays L.) grown for production of biogas has tremendously increased in Germany...
West Africa suffers from climate uncertainty, high levels of variability, lack of access to real-tim...
Triticale (×Triticosecale Wittmack) breeding is a success story as it evolved to a serious alternati...
Why should plant breeders in Central Europe care about phosphate efficiency? Soil phosphorus levels ...
Hybrids of wheat, barley, and triticale are expected to possess higher yield performance and yield s...
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), the staple foot for one third of the world population, is one of the t...
Multiple-line crosses (MC) have been proposed as promising mapping resource for quantitative trait l...
Stalk lodging causes yield losses in maize cultivation ranging from 5 to 20% annually worldwide and ...
Maize is a major food crop in Africa and primarily grown by small-holder farmers under rain-fed cond...
About two hundred and twenty three million people are undernourished in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) wit...
Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is grown by >90 million subsistence farmers, mostly in...
A growing world population juxtaposed with dwindling phosphorus (P) resources present new challenges...
Arable weeds are one of the most endangered species groups in Central Europe. Modern agriculture and...
Breeding for stress tolerance is the most cost effective way of avoiding drought-induced yield reduc...
Since the introduction of maize into Europe, open-pollinated varieties of flint maize were cultivate...
The area of maize (Zea mays L.) grown for production of biogas has tremendously increased in Germany...
West Africa suffers from climate uncertainty, high levels of variability, lack of access to real-tim...
Triticale (×Triticosecale Wittmack) breeding is a success story as it evolved to a serious alternati...
Why should plant breeders in Central Europe care about phosphate efficiency? Soil phosphorus levels ...
Hybrids of wheat, barley, and triticale are expected to possess higher yield performance and yield s...
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), the staple foot for one third of the world population, is one of the t...
Multiple-line crosses (MC) have been proposed as promising mapping resource for quantitative trait l...
Stalk lodging causes yield losses in maize cultivation ranging from 5 to 20% annually worldwide and ...