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Chris Ojiewo (2024)
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Entomopathogenic Fungi CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA ENTOMOGENOUS FUNGI MYCOTOXINS POULTRY SAFETY AFLATOXINS FALL ARMYWORMS
Hussein Shimelis Chris Ojiewo Abhishek Rathore (2023)
Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) is a nutrient-dense, relatively drought-tolerant cereal crop cultivated in dry regions worldwide. The crop is under-researched, and its grain yield is low (< 0.8 tons ha−1) and stagnant in the major production regions, including Burkina Faso. The low productivity of pearl millet is mainly attributable to a lack of improved varieties, Striga hermonthica [Sh] infestation, downy mildew infection, and recurrent heat and drought stress. Developing high-yielding and Striga-resistant pearl millet varieties that satisfy the farmers’ and market needs requires the identification of yield-promoting genes linked to economic traits to facilitate marker-assisted selection and gene pyramiding. The objective of this study was to undertake genome-wide association analyses of agronomic traits and Sh resistance among 150 pearl millet genotypes to identify genetic markers for marker-assisted breeding and trait introgression. The pearl millet genotypes were phenotyped in Sh hotspot fields and screen house conditions. Twenty-nine million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) initially generated from 345 pearl millet genotypes were filtered, and 256 K SNPs were selected and used in the present study. Phenotypic data were collected on days to flowering, plant height, number of tillers, panicle length, panicle weight, thousand-grain weight, grain weight, number of emerged Striga and area under the Striga number progress curve (ASNPC). Agronomic and Sh parameters were subjected to combined analysis of variance, while genome-wide association analysis was performed on phenotypic and SNPs data. Significant differences (P < 0.001) were detected among the assessed pearl millet genotypes for Sh parameters and agronomic traits. Further, there were significant genotype by Sh interaction for the number of Sh and ASNPC. Twenty-eight SNPs were significantly associated with a low number of emerged Sh located on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7. Four SNPs were associated with days-to-50%-flowering on chromosomes 3, 5, 6, and 7, while five were associated with panicle length on chromosomes 2, 3, and 4. Seven SNPs were linked to thousand-grain weight on chromosomes 2, 3, and 6. The putative SNP markers associated with a low number of emerged Sh and agronomic traits in the assessed genotypes are valuable genomic resources for accelerated breeding and variety deployment of pearl millet with Sh resistance and farmer- and market-preferred agronomic traits.
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High-Yielding Varieties Striga-Resistant Agronomic Parameters CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES STRIGA HERMONTHICA PEARL MILLET
Hussein Shimelis Chris Ojiewo Abhishek Rathore (2023)
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Agronomic Traits CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES STRIGA HERMONTHICA PEARL MILLET
Hussein Shimelis Baloua Nébié Chris Ojiewo Abhishek Rathore (2023)
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Heterotic Grouping Breeding Population Development Marker-Assisted Cultivar Development CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA POPULATION STRUCTURE GENE FLOW SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS SORGHUM BICOLOR BREEDING PROGRAMMES
Market Intelligence insights for groundnut breeding and seed systems in Tanzania
Pieter Rutsaert Kauê De Sousa Jacob van Etten Chris Ojiewo (2023)
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CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA MARKET INTELLIGENCE GROUNDNUTS SEED SYSTEMS BREEDING FORAGE SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Vanika Garg Rutwik Barmukh Manish Roorkiwal Chris Ojiewo Abhishek Bohra MAHENDAR THUDI Vikas Kumar Singh Himabindu Kudapa Reyaz Mir Chellapilla Bharadwaj Xin Liu Manish Pandey (2024)
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Agricultural Biotechnology Crop Genomics Genome Sequencing CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA BIOTECHNOLOGY CROPS GENOMICS PLANT BREEDING AGRICULTURE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
Redesigning crop varieties to win the race between climate change and food security
Kevin Pixley Jill Cairns Santiago Lopez-Ridaura Chris Ojiewo Baloua Nébié Godfrey Asea Biswanath Das Benoit Joseph Batieno Clare Mukankusi Sarah Hearne Kanwarpal Dhugga Sieglinde Snapp Ernesto Adair Zepeda Villarreal (2023)
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Crop Breeding Expert Survey CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CLIMATE CHANGE CROPPING SYSTEMS FOOD SECURITY CROPS