22/11/2022
We are attending a 2 day research pipeline workshop at the Gariba Lodge in Tamale.
The USAID Ghana Market Systems and Resilience Activity (MSR) and CSIR-SARI Research pipeline workshop will create a platform for breeders of MSR focus crops to discuss their product due for release and commercialization.
10/11/2022
AVISA meeting in Tamale, Ghana.
Gathering inputs from various stakeholders along the seed value chain to create a seed systems strategy where supply responds to demand.
27/02/2022
An Introduction To Plant Breeding
Plant breeding is a technique through which genetic traits of a plant are changed. Some desirable traits are incorporated to produce a new variety. This tec...
27/02/2022
One of the goals of the seed industry is the consistent use of terminology. The ISF Expert Group Disease Resistance Terminology (EG DRT) supports this goal. The EG DRT in collaboration with the APSA: The Asia and Pacific Seed Association Working Group have revised the ISF pest codes for vegetable crops. This resulted in the addition of the following species: Luffa acutangula (ridge gourd), Luffa cylindrica (Sponge gourd), and Momordica charantia (Bittergourd).
The Pest Code for vegetables can be found here: https://bit.ly/3K8PVLR
10/10/2021
Soybeans
Variety: Favour
Yield potential: 3.5 t/ha
Shattering resistant
Protein content : 39%
Days to maturity : 115 days
Nodulation : Good