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The MYB transcription factor Seed Shattering 11 controls seed shattering by repressing lignin synthesis in African rice [PDF]

Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2023
Fengxia Liu, Hongying Sun, Zuofeng Zhu   +2 more
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Proximate and Sensory Properties of Snacks developed from African Yam Beans and African Rice Flour Blends for Household Consumption [PDF]

International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research, 2022
The proximate and sensory properties of African yam beans (Stephenostylis stenocarpa) and African rice (Oryza glaberrima) snacks (queen cakes and chin-chin) were determined.
Chidiebere Immaculeta Nwakanma, Ezinne Prisca Obinwa, Patricia Etuna Mbah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genome editing of an African elite rice variety confers resistance against endemic and emerging Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae strains

eLife, 2023
Bacterial leaf blight (BB) of rice, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), threatens global food security and the livelihood of small-scale rice producers.
Van Schepler-Luu, Coline Sciallano, Melissa Stiebner, Chonghui Ji, Gabriel Boulard, Amadou Diallo, Florence Auguy, Si Nian Char, Yugander Arra, Kyrylo Schenstnyi, Marcel Buchholzer, Eliza PI Loo, Atugonza L Bilaro, David Lihepanyama, Mohammed Mkuya, Rosemary Murori, Ricardo Oliva, Sebastien Cunnac, Bing Yang, Boris Szurek, Wolf B Frommer   +20 more
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Challenges and prospects in using biotechnological interventions in O. glaberrima, an African cultivated rice

GM Crops & Food, 2022
Africa has the world’s fastest rate of population expansion, making it vulnerable to food shortages. Africa cultivates two types of rice (Asian rice; Oryza sativa and African rice; Oryza glaberrima). Native African rice called O.
Gideon Sadikiel Mmbando
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Wild rice harbors more root endophytic fungi than cultivated rice in the F1 offspring after crossbreeding

BMC Genomics, 2021
Background Rice, which serves as a staple food for more than half of the world’s population, is grown worldwide. The hybridization of wild and cultivated rice has enabled the incorporation of resistance to varying environmental conditions.
Lei Tian, Enze Wang, Xiaolong Lin, Li Ji, Jingjing Chang, Hongping Chen, Jilin Wang, Dazhou Chen, Lam-Son Phan Tran, Chunjie Tian   +9 more
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TAL Effectors with Avirulence Activity in African Strains of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

Rice, 2022
Background Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) causes bacterial leaf blight, a devastating disease of rice. Among the type-3 effectors secreted by Xoo to support pathogen virulence, the Transcription Activator-Like Effector (TALE) family plays a critical
Marlène Lachaux, Emilie Thomas, Adam J. Bogdanove, Boris Szurek, Mathilde Hutin   +4 more
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Improvement of Rice Production under Drought Conditions in West Africa: Application of QTLs in Breeding for Drought Resistance

Rice Science, 2022
Rice plays a paramount role in food and nutrition security in many West African countries. Despite the doubling of production during the last decade, rice consumption has grown faster, creating a deficit between the demand and supply.
Kossi Lorimpo Adjah, Maxwell Darko Asante, Aboubacar Toure, Mawuli Aziadekey, Francis Osei Amoako-Andoh, Michael Frei, Yacouba Diallo, Komi Agboka   +7 more
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Proximate, functional and pasting properties of FARO 44 rice, African yam bean and brown cowpea seeds composite flour

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2016
FARO 44 rice, brown cowpea and African yam bean seeds were processed into flours and their proximate, functional and pasting properties were assessed.
M.O. Iwe, U. Onyeukwu, A.N. Agiriga
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Rice yield stability compared to major food crops in West Africa

Environmental Research Letters, 2021
West Africa is one of the regions the most concerned with structural food and nutrition security. Consequently, agricultural development pathways and scenarios are under high scientific and political scrutiny in this region.
Mathilde Duvallet, Patrice Dumas, David Makowski, Julien Boé, Patricio Mendez del Villar, Tamara Ben-Ari   +5 more
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Traces of Introgression from cAus into Tropical Japonica Observed in African Upland Rice Varieties

Rice, 2023
Background Asian rice Oryza sativa, first domesticated in East Asia, has considerable success in African fields. When and where this introduction occurred is unclear.
Abdoulaye Beye, Claire Billot, Joëlle Ronfort, Kenneth L. McNally, Diaga Diouf, Jean Christophe Glaszmann   +5 more
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