Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), one of the most important grain legume crops for
direct human consumption, faces many challenges as a crop. Domesticated from wild …

Purpose: This research, conducted in Ethiopia, involved select stakeholders in the variety
evaluation process early: to identify a greater number of acceptable varieties and to shorten …

The importance of amaranth in the fight for nutrition security, especially in developing
countries, is increasing because of its high nutritional quality and dual-purpose nature …

Eight finger millet varieties including local check were evaluated with the objective of
selecting adaptable and best performing finger millet varieties with full participation of …

Decentralized participatory plant breeding (PPB) is a method for creating new varieties
adapted to agroecology based systems. Selection is decentralized in the target …

Participatory variety selection (PVS) is an approach which provides a wide choice of
varieties to farmers to evaluate in their own environment using their own resources for …

Selecting desired agronomic traits may lead to a loss of genetic diversity in crop species. A
molecular investigation was conducted to determine how well a set of olive (Olea europaea …

Participatory plant breeding was introduced in Algeria in 2005–2006 with the full
collaboration and support of the Ministry of Agriculture. This paper describes the …

The final stage of any crop breeding program is to evaluate the promising genotypes, which
have been already selected in research stations, in farmers' fields. This study was conducted …

Eight tef varieties including local checks were evaluated with the objective of selecting
adaptable, best performing varieties and to assess farmers' criteria for tef variety selection …