{"id":17380,"date":"2026-06-20T12:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/africayam-project-strengthens-yam-breeding-capacity\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:40:28","slug":"africayam-project-strengthens-yam-breeding-capacity","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/africayam-project-strengthens-yam-breeding-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"AfricaYam project strengthens yam breeding capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"Le\u00a0AfricaYam<\/a>\u00a0project is hosting two weeks of\u00a0training<\/a>, 20 June to 1 July, at IITA, Ibadan, to effectively equip yam research personnel on techniques for phenotyping yam for disease and developing pest resistant varieties.\n
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Participants learn key aspects of phenotyping\u00a0for yam diseases.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nYam has been plagued by anthracnose, nematodes, and viruses, with a high number of these integrated in its DNA. The training is expected to address these issues. It is organized by\u00a0Lava Kumar<\/a>, Head of IITA\u2019s Germplasm Health Unit, and features hands-on application of various phenotyping methods in laboratories and on-farm.\n\nParticipants have been briefed on the working principles of methods and procedures, experimentation, data collection using manual and digital methods, and the interpretation of results and conclusions on genotype reaction. Experts from IITA and other research institutes in the field of phenotyping and breeding for disease resistance will talk about the key aspects of phenotyping methods, pathogen and pest isolation methods, diagnostic methods, and data analysis. They include\u00a0Michael Abberton<\/a>, Head of Genetic Resources Center;\u00a0David De Koeyer<\/a>, AfricaYam Project Leader;\u00a0Badara Gueye<\/a>, Head of In vitro gene bank;\u00a0Ranjana Bhattacharjee<\/a>, Molecular Geneticist;\u00a0Joseph Onyeka<\/a>, Head of Pathology Unit at NRCRI; and Olufisayo Kolade, Postdoctoral Fellow and phenotyping specialist.\n\nOne of the key objectives of the AfricaYam project is to breed high yielding, good quality tubers with resistance to diseases (anthracnose and yam mosaic virus) and nematodes. This goal is achievable and will address many constraints caused by yam diseases which have negative economic impacts on farmers\u2019 income due to on-farm and storage losses of yam tubers.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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