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    Developing the role of legumes in west Africa under climate change

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    Date
    2020-08
    Author
    Paliwal, R.
    Abberton, M.
    Faloye, B.
    Olaniyi, O.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    West Africa is faced with significant challenges from climate change, including parts of the region becoming hotter with more variable rainfall. The Sahelian region in particular is already subject to severe droughts. To address this better adapted crop varieties (such as for cowpea) are clearly a central element, a complementary one is a greater use of resilient alternative crops especially underutilized legumes particularly Bambara groundnut, African yam bean, winged bean and Kersting’s groundnut. Genetic diversity of these crops conserved in genebanks and farmer’s field provides an opportunity to exploit climate resilient traits using cutting-edge genomic tools and to use genomics-assisted breeding to accelerate genetic gains in combination of rapid cycle breeding strategy to develop climate-resilient cultivars for sub-Saharan Africa.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2020.05.002
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7650
    IITA Authors ORCID
    Michael Abbertonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2555-9591
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2020.05.002
    Research Themes
    Biotech and Plant Breeding
    IITA Subjects
    Agronomy; Biodiversity; Climate Change; Crop Systems; Farming Systems; Food Security; Genetic Improvement; Grain Legumes; Maize; Plant Breeding; Plant Genetic Resources; Plant Production
    Agrovoc Terms
    Cowpeas; Grain Legumes; Pachyrhizus Erosus; Climate Change; Bambara; Groundnuts; Subsaharan Africa
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
    Hubs
    Headquarters and Western Africa Hub
    Journals
    Current Opinion in Plant Biology
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