All Outputs (8)

Development of selection indices for improvement of seed yield and lipid composition in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (l.) verdc.) (2021)
Journal Article
Halimi, R. A., Raymond, C. A., Barkla, B. J., Mayes, S., & King, G. J. (2022). Development of selection indices for improvement of seed yield and lipid composition in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (l.) verdc.). Foods, 11(1), Article 86. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11010086

The underutilised grain legume bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) has the potential to contribute significantly to nutritional security. However, the lack of commercial cultivars has hindered its wider adoption and utilisation as a food source. Th... Read More about Development of selection indices for improvement of seed yield and lipid composition in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (l.) verdc.).

Out of Africa: characterising the natural variation in dynamic photosynthetic traits in a diverse population of African rice (Oryza glaberrima) (2021)
Journal Article
Cowling, S. B., Treeintong, P., Ferguson, J., Soltani, H., Swarup, R., Mayes, S., & Murchie, E. H. (2022). Out of Africa: characterising the natural variation in dynamic photosynthetic traits in a diverse population of African rice (Oryza glaberrima). Journal of Experimental Botany, 73(10), 3283–3298. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab459

African rice (Oryza glaberrima) has adapted to challenging environments and is a promising source of genetic variation. We analysed dynamics of photosynthesis and morphology in a reference set of 155 O. glaberrima accessions. Plants were grown in an... Read More about Out of Africa: characterising the natural variation in dynamic photosynthetic traits in a diverse population of African rice (Oryza glaberrima).

Physiological screening for drought tolerance traits in vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor) germplasm (2021)
Journal Article
Jamalluddin, N., Massawe, F. J., Mayes, S., Ho, W. K., Singh, A., & Symonds, R. C. (2021). Physiological screening for drought tolerance traits in vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor) germplasm. Agriculture, 11(10), Article 994. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11100994

Amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor), an underutilized climate smart crop, is highly nutritious and possesses diverse drought tolerance traits, making it an ideal crop to thrive in a rapidly changing climate. Despite considerable studies on the growth and... Read More about Physiological screening for drought tolerance traits in vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor) germplasm.

Target Gene Identification and sgRNA Design for Waterlogging Tolerance in Foxtail Millet via CRISPR-Based Transcriptional Activation (2021)
Journal Article
Nor Akmar Abdullah, S., Abdullah, A., & Mayes, S. (2021). Target Gene Identification and sgRNA Design for Waterlogging Tolerance in Foxtail Millet via CRISPR-Based Transcriptional Activation. Current Chinese Science, 1(5), 523-533. https://doi.org/10.2174/2210298101666210709104258

Background: CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) uses non-functional Cas9 endonuclease (dCas9) but retains the genome targeting ability through its single guide RNAs (sgRNAs). CRISPRa is widely utilised as a gene activation system exploiting its ability in r... Read More about Target Gene Identification and sgRNA Design for Waterlogging Tolerance in Foxtail Millet via CRISPR-Based Transcriptional Activation.

Challenges for FAIR-compliant description and comparison of crop phenotype data with standardized controlled vocabularies (2021)
Journal Article
Andrés-Hernández, L., Halimi, R. A., Mauleon, R., Mayes, S., Baten, A., & King, G. J. (2021). Challenges for FAIR-compliant description and comparison of crop phenotype data with standardized controlled vocabularies. Database, 2021, Article baab028. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baab028

Crop phenotypic data underpin many pre-breeding efforts to characterize variation within germplasm collections. Although there has been an increase in the global capacity for accumulating and comparing such data, a lack of consistency in the systemat... Read More about Challenges for FAIR-compliant description and comparison of crop phenotype data with standardized controlled vocabularies.

Comparison of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with yield components in two commercial Dura × Pisifera breeding crosses (2021)
Journal Article
Zolkafli, S. H., Ngoot-Chin, T., Shazana, N., Ithnin, M., Mayes, S., Massawe, F., …Singh, R. (2021). Comparison of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with yield components in two commercial Dura × Pisifera breeding crosses. Euphytica, 217, Article 104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-021-02825-9

The high yielding tenera is the commercial oil palm planting material of choice in Southeast Asia. Notwithstanding this, there is continuous effort to further improve the yield and one way to do this is by addressing the yield components (YCs ). Usin... Read More about Comparison of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with yield components in two commercial Dura × Pisifera breeding crosses.

African Leafy Vegetables for Improved Human Nutrition and Food System Resilience in Southern Africa: A Scoping Review (2021)
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Isaac, A., Shayanowako, T., Morrissey, O., Tanzi, A., Muchuweti, M., Mendiondo, G. M., …Durazzo, A. (2021). African Leafy Vegetables for Improved Human Nutrition and Food System Resilience in Southern Africa: A Scoping Review. Sustainability, 13(5), Article 2896. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052896

The economic potential of African leafy vegetables (ALVs) remains obscured by a poorly developed value chain. This scoping review assembled and examined scattered knowledge generated on ALVs across southern Africa, focusing on production, processing,... Read More about African Leafy Vegetables for Improved Human Nutrition and Food System Resilience in Southern Africa: A Scoping Review.

Genomic and pedigree?based predictive ability for quality traits in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) (2021)
Journal Article
Lubanga, N., Massawe, F., & Mayes, S. (2021). Genomic and pedigree?based predictive ability for quality traits in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). Euphytica, 217(3), Article 32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-021-02774-3

© 2021, The Author(s). Genetic improvement of quality traits in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) through conventional breeding methods has been limited, because tea quality is a difficult and expensive trait to measure. Genomic selection (GS) i... Read More about Genomic and pedigree?based predictive ability for quality traits in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze).