Oryza longistaminata (AA genome) is a wild rice species that is phenotypically inferior to
cultivated rice but possesses useful alleles that can be used to improve agronomically …

Fonio is an ancient orphan cereal, cultivated by resource-poor farmers in arid and semi-arid
regions of West Africa, who conserved and used the cereal for nutrition and income …

Plant breeding program consists of establishment of the population, selection, and
evaluation. The study aimed to observe the variability of yield components, the heritability …

This study critically examines the contribution of tea growing in Kigezi region and how it
affects the growth of other crops that are meant for food consumption. It underscores the …

One of the effective methods in plant breeding is the mutation breeding. Recently new
techniques in mutation breeding has risen by using heavy ion beam irradiation. The local …

The direction and rate of gene flow between the perennial wild rice species, O.
longistaminata and cultivated rice, O. sativa was investigated using nine Microsatellite (SSR) …

Oryza longistaminata is a distantly related wild rice relative found only in Africa. It is
agronomically inferior to cultivated rice but possesses several latent useful traits that can be …

Special thanks to my parents, for their love and efforts in providing me with the best
education. I also sincerely acknowledge my supervisors Dr. Paul Njiruh Nthakanio, Dr …

Wild rice species of genus Oryza are distributed across Asia, Central and South America,
Australia and Africa. Wild rice species, such as O. longistaminata, with an AA genome can …

The present investigation entitled “Androgenesis mediated induction of haploid from Oryza
sativa L. x Oryza glaberrima Steudt. derivatives” was conducted at Department of Genetics …