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Blog for the Next Generation Cassava Project. NextGen PhD Student Visits Cornell for training on Prediction Modeling. Olumide Alabi, NextGen Cassava PhD student with the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria, recently visited Jean-Luc Jannink’s laboratory group at Cornell University for training on prediction modeling. Olumide reports on his visit here:. Three major objective activities included:. The prediction modeling for the IITA-Genomic Selection. Hence, the r.
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NEXTGEN Students and Postdoc Attend Genomic Selection Course in Aarhus, Denmark | Next Generation Cassava
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Blog for the Next Generation Cassava Project. NEXTGEN Students and Postdoc Attend Genomic Selection Course in Aarhus, Denmark. Ismail Kayondo, Dunia Pino del Carpio, and Olumide Alabi at Aarhus University. Day 1: Background on genomic selection; classical MAS; basic prediction using GWAS; environmental effects. Snp select = which(gwas BW results[,4] 2.7e-5). Lm(dat train$BW factor(dat train$Sex) factor(dat train$Batch) geno train$V2). I initially found it difficult to comprehend some aspects of the day 3...
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Related Links | Ripe
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For sustainable increases in crop yield. International Rice Research Institute. IRRI aims to reduce poverty and hunger, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers, and ensure environmental sustainability of rice farming. They do these through collaborative research, partnerships, and the strengthening of the national agricultural research and extension systems, or NARES, of the countries we work in. Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project. The project seeks to mitigate rust threats through coordin...
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Ugandan and Nigerian Scientists Attend CIAT Training in Cali, Colombia | Next Generation Cassava
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Blog for the Next Generation Cassava Project. Ugandan and Nigerian Scientists Attend CIAT Training in Cali, Colombia. Ugandan and Nigerian scientists attend a training at CIAT in Cali, Colombia. This entry was posted in News. New Cornell Greenhouse Houses NEXTGEN Cassava Plants. NEXTGEN Students and Postdoc Attend Genomic Selection Course in Aarhus, Denmark →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). NextGen C...
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New Cornell Greenhouse Houses NEXTGEN Cassava Plants | Next Generation Cassava
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Blog for the Next Generation Cassava Project. New Cornell Greenhouse Houses NEXTGEN Cassava Plants. Thanks to Anja Timm and Craig Cramer for a great post about the new greenhouses on Cornell’s campus that house the NEXTGEN Cassava Project’s cassava plants! Cassava plants in the new greenhouse. Photo courtesy of Anja Timm. From Anja Timm ( ait4@cornell.edu. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. Read Anja’s full post. This entry was posted in News. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You are commenti...
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Plant Science for Global Challenges. Cassava brown streak: lessons from the field. September 18, 2016. This week’s post was written by Katie Tomlinson. A PhD student at the University of Bristol, UK, who spent three months as an intern at the National Crops Resource Research Institute in Uganda. She fills us in on the important research underway at the Institute, and how they communicate their important results to local farmers and benefit rural communities. Cassava is a staple food crop for approximatel...
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4 Innovations For Poor Farmers | Bill Gates
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4 Innovations For Poor Farmers. DON'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT? My Profile and Settings. DON'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT? My Profile and Settings. 4 Innovations For Poor Farmers. Whenever I visit small farmers in a poor country, I’m struck by how many are laboring with hoes, plows, and other implements that haven’t changed in generations. Yet farmers in wealthier countries have benefited from wave after wave of technological improvements. This gap is one big reason why some farmers produce much more food than others. Becom...
