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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for banana tissue culture media preparation
Plant tissue culture involves growing plant cells, tissues, or organs on a sterile growth medium in vitro under controlled conditions of temperature, light, and humidity. An... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for digital imaging and quantification of ...
The quantification of weevil damage on banana corms is an important task when assessing resistance. In the process of analysing hundreds of samples for weevil damage, there is... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for In vitro high throughput (HTP) phenot...
Parasitic nematodes (PPNs) mainly Radopholus spp. also known as burrowing nematodes are a major biotic threat to banana production in most African banana-growing regions... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Ploidy Analysis in Banana
Banana is a natural multi-ploid crop. Wild bananas are seeded diploids (2x), while banana cultivars are seedless, mostly triploid (3x) and sometimes diploid. Because of the... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Phenotyping and Data Management of Ea...
The hybrids developed from the different cross combinations undergo a series of trials starting with the early evaluation trial (EET), in which only two replications per... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Field Establishment of Banana crosses
The hybrids developed from the different cross combinations undergo a series of trials starting with the early evaluation trial (EET), in which only two replications per... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Banana Hybridization
The purpose of this document is to describe the SOPs for banana breeding activities and data management. These activities include crossing, evaluation trial establishment,... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Banana Bacterial Wilt Resistance Scree...
Banana is greatly affected by a bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum (Xvm), that causes banana bacterial wilt.1 It is reported to be the most devastating... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for screening for resistance to Black Siga...
Banana, and especially the cooking type known as East Africa highland banana, is a vital staple food and income crop for over 80 million people in East Africa. However,... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Screening Banana resistance against Fu...
Banana (Musa spp.) is an important staple and source of income for many people in developing countries. Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) race 1,... -
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Screening for Banana Resistance to Wee...
Banana weevils are a very important pest that contributes to the decline in production and disappearance of bananas in some regions of Uganda (Gold et al., 1993). This pest can... -
Market intelligence baseline survey
Building resilient seed systems for rice, cassava, cocoa, coffee, and fish value chains to strengthen food and economic diversification in Liberia (Seeds4Liberia) -
Enhancing Resilient and Adaptive Agricultural Livelihoods In Uganda—Scaling o...
The Activity aims to improve smallholder farmers’ livelihoods through increased incomes resulting from increased yields, better organization, and coordination of farmers,... -
Handling PII’s in research data management – Using IITA as case study
Sub-Saharan Africa is fast developing as a hub of research. There are many innovations, governance and sustainable development activities being carried out. These activities... -
Irrigated endline survey Plastic crates RCT experiment in Nigeria
A randomized experimental design project to reduce postharvest loss in Nigeria by improving access to innovative postharvest technologies and bundling with market linkages in... -
Focus group discussions on yellow cassava preference and adoption challenges
Adoption and impact of biofortified cassava varieties in Nigeria -
Cost of recommended diets in Rwanda using [near] real-time market data
The Ukraine crisis threatens to increase food, fertiliser, and fuel prices globally (FAO, 2022; Osendrap et al. 2022). The consequences of this are an expected wave of... -
Market Intelligence Data on Plantain in Ghana – preferences from farm households
The CGIAR Initiative on Market Intelligence brings together strategic information on future crops, market segments and trait priorities aligned to the needs and preferences of... -
SOYBEAN BREEDDING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
Soybean is a crop with the highest nutritional composition (protein and oil), making it the ideal crop to fight malnutrition and high demand in the market. However, the... -
Key takeaways and call to action on the 6th world food safety day commemoration
On the occasion of the 6th World Food Safety Day of 2024 themed “Prepare for the unexpected”, the Africa Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the African UnionCommission’s...
