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2009-08-27 | permalink
Nigeria to roll out fungus-resistant non-GE soybean crops
A variety of soybean resistant to a devastating Asian rust will soon be widely available in West and Central Africa. The rust, a fungal disease that entered Africa in 1996, can wipe out 80 per cent of infected crops. Scientists from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria and the country’s National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI) developed the rust-resistant variety, named TGX 1835-10E.
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2009-08-27 | permalink
Nigeria to roll out fungus-resistant non-GE soybean crops
A variety of soybean resistant to a devastating Asian rust will soon be widely available in West and Central Africa. The rust, a fungal disease that entered Africa in 1996, can wipe out 80 per cent of infected crops. Scientists from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria and the country’s National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI) developed the rust-resistant variety, named TGX 1835-10E.
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