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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (SOP) FOR MASS REARING OF FAW, MAIZE STEM BORER,...
Sesamia calamistis Hmps. and Eldana sacharina Walker are two of the most important stem borers of maize in Africa (Bosque-Perez et al... these proceedings). Resistant varieties... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Seed Packaging for Planting
Seed packaging processes in any breeding program is very important. Seed packaging procedures are fundamental to the long-term, cost effective and efficient conservation of... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Trial Management
Trial management is the set of agricultural practices performed to improve the growth, development, and yield of crops. It also draws on information on soils, site selection,... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Maize Trial Designing
Trial design is a very important activity in germplasm evaluation processes. Good field designs are important at all major stages of a plant breeding program from the earlier... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Site Selection & Field Layout
Various factors need to be considered during site selection. Selecting the right site is one of the important activities in trial evaluation. -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Maize Parental Selection
The choice of parents with excellent agronomic performance and good combining ability is a critical step in maize breeding. Analysis of the parents’ isolated behavior and the... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Maize Carotenoid PVA Analysis
Plant phenotyping refers to a quantitative description of the plant's anatomical, ontogenetical, physiological and biochemical properties. Today, rapid developments are taking... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Maize Data Management
The role of data management cannot be underestimated in the modernization efforts of breeding operations in accelerating improvement in genetic gains. Current breeding programs... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Land Preparation and Planting
Land preparation is one of the critical steps to ensure planting of maize trials. Ensuring the preparation of trial fields help in controlling weeds, recycles plant nutrients,... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Maize Harvesting and Seed Handling
The determination of the grain yield potential is the ultimate goal of most maize variety trials. Harvesting marks the end of the field work for each trial. In most cases, all... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Maize Genotyping
Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal that plays a crucial role in alleviating food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to its high yield potential, and low cost. It... -
Standard Operating Procedure for Site Selection and Field Layout
Site selection and field layout are critical aspects of ensuring quality data from phenotyping and breeding trials for optimum performance. Yam plants generally require plain,... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Maize Data Collection
Data collection and management involves broadly five stages, viz. exploration and collection, characterization and evaluation, conservation, exchange and utilization, and... -
Population dynamics of banana aphid
Quantitative knowledge of the relative impact of factors that affect a species’ population dynamics is necessary for its conservation or control. The banana aphid, Pentalonia... -
Data recorded under drought stress
Developing Stress resilient maize -
Data recorded under full irrigation
Developing Stress resilient maize -
Heat stress data recorded at Kadawa
Accelerated Genetic Gain -
Data recorded at Abuja and Mokwa under Striga infested and non-infested condt...
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Impact of Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), on m...
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda Smith, became the most important pest of maize in Africa in 2016. High yield losses across the continent were predicted. The current... -
Baseline study data
The proposed project aims to drive increased production and consumption of OFSP among smallholder Farmers, thus improve food and nutrition security and livelihoods for women and...
