Tag Archives: genomics

  The 2018 annual sweetpotato speedbreeders and genomics CoP meeting is scheduled to take place from 5-8 June 2018 in Nairobi. This 17th  annual meeting is jointly organized by the International Potato Centre (CIP) as part of the Swetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA) project and the …

Conventional breeding, is still dependent to a considerable extent on subjective evaluation and empirical selection. The process can be difficult, slow, influenced by the environment, and costly for the economy, as farmers suffer crop losses. Molecular marker assisted breeding (MAS) offers great challenges, opportunities and prospects for conventional scientific breeding, …

Dr. Dorcus Gemenet has been appointed the Research Scientist on Molecular breeding and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Potato and Sweetpotato for the International Potato Center (CIP) and will be based in Lima, Peru. Gemenet is an active member of the SpeedBreeders and Genomics CoP and a member of the Genomic …

The 15th Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI) Sweetpotato SpeedBreeders Annual Meeting was held between 6th and 10th June, 2016 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Campus in Nairobi, Kenya. For the second time, the meeting brought together scientists from the Sweetpotato for Security and Health in Africa …

This brief presents the activities and acheivements (2015-2016) of a  four year investment to develop genomic and genetic resources for sweetpotato improvement that has been launched with the goal of establishing a molecular marker-assisted breeding program in sweetpotato. It provides information about the critical scientific constraints to be addressed, the …

Thirty Sweetpotato SpeedBreeders attended a workshop on the use of genomic and molecular tools in Nairobi’s ILRI campus. The workshop took place from 6th to 7th June, as a prelude to the 15th Sweetpotato Breeders and Genomics annual meeting.   The workshop was organized by the GT4SP project under the …

This webinar was held on 24th March, 2016 at 4.00 pm EAT. The main speakers were: Prof Craig Yencho – Distinguished Professor and Program Leader Sweetpotato and Potato Breeding and Genetics Programs North Carolina State University; Lead PI, BMGF Genomic Tools for Sweetpotato Improvement Project (GT4SP). The Assistant speaker was …

The 2016 annual sweetpotato speedbreeders and genomics CoP meeting is scheduled to take place from 6-10 June in Nairobi.

  Watch our LIVE presentation on  Marker-Assisted Breeding as Next-Generation Strategy for Genetic Improvement of sweetpotato in Sub Saharan Africa Thursday 24th March, 2016 at 4.00 pm EAT (Check your time zone) Duration: 40 mins Questions: 20 mins   Speakers Prof Craig Yencho – Distinguished Professor and Program Leader  Sweetpotato and Potato Breeding …