IITA Releases Better Soybean Varieties for African Farmers
January 28, 2011| |
Three new soybean varieties developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have been released in Malawi and Nigeria. Soybean variety TGx1740-2F was developed by IITA and Malawi's Department of Agricultural Research Services (DARS), while varieties TGx1987-10F and TGx1987-62F were both developed by IITA and Nigeria's National Cereal Research Institute (NCRI).
Release of the Malawi variety was approved by the Agricultural Technology Clearing Committee (ATCC) on 18 January 2011, and the release of the other two was approved by Nigeria Varietal Release Committee on 2 December 2010.
IITA Soybean Breeder Hailu Tefera reported that TGx1740-2F exceeded the grain yield of widely grown promiscuous variety Magoye during the two-year multilocation on-station trials.
"In Nigeria, medium-maturing varieties TGx1987-10F and TGx1987-62F proved highly resistant to rust, bacterial blight, and Cercospora leaf spot," says Ranajit Bandyopadhyay, IITA pathologist.
Read the press release at http://www.iita.org/news-feature-asset/-/asset_publisher/B3Bm/content/better-soybean-varieties-offer-african-farmers-new-.opportunities;jsessionid=C78633198E3594F893E967FABB04D9E5?redirect=/news
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