Participatory approach of preferred traits, production constraints and mitigation strategies: implications for soybean breeding in Guinea Savannah zone of Ghana.

Soybean production is concentrated in the Guinea Savannah agro-ecological zone of Ghana. However, its cultivation is plagued with a number of constraints leading to low yields. A participatory approach was, therefore, used to identify farmers' and processors' preferred soybean traits and production constraints, climate change effects and strategies employed for mitigating these effects in three districts within the soybean growing areas in Northern Ghana.

Adaptability to local conditions and phylogenetic differentiation of microsymbionts of TGx soybean genotypes in the semi-arid environments of Ghana and South Africa.

The study of the nitrogen fixation and phylogenetic diversity of nodule microsymbionts of grain legumes in many parts of the globe is often carried out in order to identify legume-rhizobia combinations for agricultural sustainability. Several reports have therefore found that rhizobial species diversity is shaped by edapho-climatic conditions that characterize different geographic locations, suggesting that rhizobial communities often possess traits that aid their adaptation to their habitat. In this study, the soybean-nodulating rhizobia from semi-arid savannahs of Ghana and South Africa were evaluated.

Evaluation and Selection of Interspecific Lines of Groundnut ( L.) for Resistance to Leaf Spot Disease and for Yield Improvement.

Early and late leaf spot are two devastating diseases of peanut ( L.) worldwide. The development of a fertile, cross-compatible synthetic amphidiploid, TxAG-6 ([ × ( × )]), opened novel opportunities for the introgression of wild alleles for disease and pest resistance into commercial cultivars.

Exploring the genetic base of the soybean germplasm from Africa, America and Asia as well as mining of beneficial allele for flowering and seed weight.

Genetic diversity is the foundation for any breeding program. The present study analyzed the genetic base of 163 soybean genotypes from three continents viz. Africa, America and Asia using 68 trait-linked simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers.

The effects and interaction of soybean maturity gene alleles controlling flowering time, maturity, and adaptation in tropical environments.

Background: Soybean is native to the temperate zones of East Asia. Poor yields of soybean in West African countries may be partially attributed to inadequate adaptation of soybean to tropical environments. Adaptation will require knowledge of the effects of allelic combinations of major maturity genes (E1, E2, and E3) and stem architecture.