Published November 2001
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Miscellaneous
Biotechnology in wheat improvement in Kenya
- 1. National Plant Breeding Research Centre, Njoro (Kenya)
Description
Use of double haploid (DH) and mutation techniques in breeding wheat lines and varieties tolerant to drought, acid soils and resistant to Russian Wheat Aphid (RWA) at the National Plant Breeding Research Center in the last 4 years, is reported. The wheat variety, ''Pasa'' irradiated in 1996 is reported to have undergone selection process through yield trials in 1999-2000. Work done in the year 2000 is mainly described
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- National Plant Breeding Research Centre, Njoro
- Imprint Place
- Njoro (Kenya)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the 1st annual N.P.B.R.C. conference, Njoro, Kenya
- Imprint Pagination
- 255 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 21-24
Conference
- Title
- 1. annual conference of National Plant Breeding Research Centre
- Dates
- 26-30 Nov 2001
- Place
- Njoro (Kenya)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Kenya
- Country of Input or Organization
- Kenya
- INIS RN
- 34017651
- Subject category
- S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Numerical Data, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOTECHNOLOGY; MEETINGS; MUTATIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; PLANT BREEDING; WHEAT
- Descriptors DEC
- CEREALS; DATA; GRAMINEAE; INFORMATION; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLANTS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 2 refs.; 1 tab.