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Theses Abstracts Cohort 2

  • DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH YIELDING TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.) LINES WITH RESISTANCE TO TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL DISEASE (TYLCD).

     

    ABSTRACT   Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is the most important vegetable in Ghana in terms of area under cultivation and consumption, but production is challenged by lack of improved cultivars read more...
  • GENOMIC STUDY AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF SORGHUM [Sorghum bicolor (L) MOENCH] FOR HIGH PROTEIN DIGESTIBILITY

     

    ABSTRACT   Sorghum is a staple crop and a major source of food and energy for the World’s developing countries. However, its utilization as human food is constrained by the low availability of its proteins after wet read more...
  • GENETIC ANALYSIS OF GRAIN YIELD AND OTHER TRAITS OF EARLY MATURING PROVITAMIN A- QUALITY PROTEIN MAIZE INBRED LINES IN CONTRASTING ENVIRONMENTS

     

    ABSTRACT   Early maturing provitamin A (PVA) quality protein maize (QPM) hybrids with combined drought and low-N tolerance is needed to address malnutrition and food insecurity read more...
  • CHARACTERIZATION OF CULTIVATED GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogea L.) AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF LATE LEAF SPOT RESISTANCE IN TOGO

     

    ABSTRACT   Though an important crop, the yield of groundnut has been decreasing for years because of a lack of a strong breeding programme in Togo. In recent years, efforts are going on for establishing a read more...
  • BREEDING MAIZE (Zea mays L.) FOR RESISTANCE TO AFLATOXIN ACCUMULATION IN GHANA

    ABSTRACT   Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important cereal crop in sub-Saharan Africa which provides food for more than 1.2 billion inhabitants. It is produced on nearly 100 million hectares in developing countries. However, production is hampered by many factors including low read more...

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