rijk zwaan afrisem breeding projects...rz afrisem arusha east-african highland climate: •high...
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Agri Pro Focus, Rwanda
November 26th 2015
Rijk Zwaan Afrisem Breeding projects
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RZ Afrisem
RZ Afrisem
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Arusha
East-African Highland climate: • High humidity in morning, dry in afternoon• Tropical (light intensity, day length, no winter)• moderate (temperature, rainfall)• Seasons (wet vs dry, warm vs cool)
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Unique opportunity
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1. African eggplant (EW & RZ)
2. Chinense pepper (EW & RZ)
3. Sukuma wiki (EW & RZ)
4. African tomato (only Rijk Zwaan)
Afrisem Vision
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Breeding objectives
kumba
gilo
gilo
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Breeding objectives
Improvement •mites and insect tolerance•shelf life, upright plant, earliness•heat setting (West Africa)•disease resistances•Production
African eggplant (S.aethiopicum)
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Tetranychus evansi/Tarsonemidae
Spider mites and insects tolerance
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Chinense pepper in markets
Morogoro (Tanzania) Porto Novo (Benin)
Accra (Ghana)
The price for OPV, Mme Jeannette is 20.000 Tsh/1000 seeds
Lome (Togo)
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Descriptions of the 2 fruit types
Type Shape FIC FMC FSS FSH Pungency Aroma Market
Tyson oval NG red/yellow high Hard high medium fresh/export
Big Sun round LG red/yellow low Soft high high fresh
Fresh market Export market
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improvement• earliness / vigor / plant-type• P. capsici / BW resistance• viruses resistance• insect and mite tolerance
C.chinense• aromatic and hot(!!!!!) pepper• only few hybrids in the market• originally low-land plant
(not adapted to highland)•Production
Breeding goals
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African Kale (Brassica oleraceavar acephala)
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Sukuma wiki hybrids
Which leaf character is preferred?
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Xanthomonas pressure in the hot season
Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris
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Thank you for your attention
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