Dry Grain Pulses (Pulse)

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Incorporation of legume residues does not increase productivity of intercropped beans on smallholder farms in Trans Nzoia district, Kenya

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  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): B.A. Medvecky; Q.M. Ketterings
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Optimizing reproductive phenology in a two-resource world: a dynamic allocation model of plant growth predicts later reproduction in phosphorus limited plants

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  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): E.A. Nord; K. Shea; J.P. Lynch
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Plant phenology: a critical controller of soil resource acquisition

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  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): EA Nord; JP Lynch
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Effects of phosphate fertilizers and seed priming on root rot and bean fly damage on beans and lablab in Nandi South District

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  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): Jane Francesca Nafula Lusweti
  • Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation

Registration of ‘Zorro’ black bean

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  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): J.D. Kelly; G.V.Varner; P. O'Boyle; B. Long
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Registration of ‘Fuji’ Otebo bean

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  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): J.D. Kelly; G.V.Varner; B. Roman; B. Long
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Using Improved Pulse Crop Productivity to Reinvigorate Smallholder Mixed Farming Systems in Western Kenya

Many rural households in the East African highlands are no longer self-sufficient in beans, a critical source of food and income. Farmers’ inability to afford fertilizer […]

  • Start Date: 2008
  • End Date: 2012/12/31
  • Project Code: CU-1
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Combining Conventional, Molecular and Farmer Participatory Breeding Approaches to Improve Andean Beans for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Ecuador and Rwanda

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume (pulse) consumed in Ecuador, and the most important protein source in Rwandan diets. Around 120,000 […]

Improving Bean Production in Drought-Prone, Low Fertility Soils of Africa and Latin America

Drought and low soil fertility are principal, pervasive constraints to bean production in Latin America and Africa. The vast majority of bean producers in poor countries […]

Modern Cowpea Breeding to Overcome Critical Production Constraints in Africa and the U.S.

This project addresses primary constraints under the Topical Areas of Inquiry for Theme A ”reducing cowpea production costs and risks for enhanced profitability and competitiveness”, and […]