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POTENTIAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION OF GENOMICS TO INDIGENOUS AND TRADITIONAL LEAFY VEGETABLES IN WEST AFRICA

Article number

979_53

Pages

489 – 498

Language

English

Abstract

The application of biotechnology/genomics has been very useful in many fields.
In agriculture, they have been used for the development of new genetic lines, rapid multiplication of improved crop planting materials and the detection and elimination of diseases in useful plants.
However, the techniques developed from these important disciplines have not been applied to many indigenous and traditional leafy vegetables (ITLVs) that are sustaining the lives of poor rural people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper examines the importance of ITLVs in West Africa as well as the limitations of popularising them.
An attempt is made to throw light on some of the tools of biotechnology/genomics that have the potential to solve many problems militating against the commercialisation of ITLVs in West Africa.

Publication

II International Symposium on Underutilized Plant Species: Crops for the Future – Beyond Food Security

Authors

G. Nyarko, A. Quainoo

Keywords

biotechnology/genomics, Sub-Saharan Africa, indigenous leafy vegetables

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.979.53

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2. CURRENT AND FUTURE STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES IN THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE UTILISATION OF UNDERUTILISED FRUIT GENETIC RESOURCES IN MALAYSIA

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8. NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF UNDERUTILISED MANGIFERA SPECIES IN BUNGAI AREA, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

P. Brooke | C.Y. Lau

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12. EFFECT OF SOAKING PRE-TREATMENTS ON NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT (VIGNA SUBTERRANEA) FLOUR

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13. DIVERSITY IN NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF UNDERUTILISED ROOT AND TUBER CROPS

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14. EXPLORATORY STUDIES ON PRODUCTION, UTILIZATION AND PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF SOME MINOR ROOT AND TUBER CROPS IN NIGERIA

15. HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF UNDERUTILIZED ROOT TUBERS IN BENGUET PROVINCE, LUZON, PHILIPPINES, AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WHEAT FLOUR TO ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY

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16. NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND POTENTIAL OF MALAYSIAN UNDERUTILISED FRUITS AND TRADITIONAL VEGETABLES

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17. ETHNO-FOOD KNOWLEDGE OF BAOBAB (ADANSONIA DIGITATA L.) AND CHARACTERISATION OF ITS TRADITIONAL FERMENTED NOVEL FOODS FROM BENIN

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18. USING UNDERUTILISED FOOD CROPS TO STRENGTHEN THE FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF AN HIV-IMPACTED COMMUNITY IN THE UZUMBA-MARAMBA-PFUNGWE DISTRICT OF ZIMBABWE

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19. HEALTH-PROMOTING PROPERTIES OF SELECTED MALAYSIAN UNDERUTILIZED FRUITS

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20. DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERUTILISED CELOSIA ARGENTEA BASED VALUE ADDED PRODUCT AND ITS IMPACT ON HAEMOGLOBIN STATUS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS

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21. BAMBARA GROUNDNUT AS PANACEA FOR FOOD SECURITY: PROFITABILITY AND PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

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22. INTEGRATING THE INDIGENOUS KEI APPLE (DOVYALIS CAFFRA) INTO A LOCAL PERMACULTURE VEGETABLE HOME ECO-GARDENING SYSTEM AMONG RESOURCE-POOR HOUSEHOLDS IN A SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA

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23. NYPA FRUTICANS: A POTENTIAL PLANT SPECIES AS A SOURCE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR MALAYSIA

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24. SOME INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING UNDERUTILISED SPECIES: CASE OF LOCAL VEGETABLES IN KITUI DISTRICT, KENYA

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25. THE DIVERSITY OF INDIGENOUS AFRICAN LEAFY VEGETABLES THAT ARE PRODUCED, CONSUMED AND SOLD IN VARIOUS HOUSEHOLDS IN VIHIGA DISTRICT, WESTERN KENYA

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26. SPECIFIC RICHNESS AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE OF WILD EDIBLE TREES IN BENIN

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27. FOOD PLANTS INTERNATIONAL DATABASE FOR HELPING THE HUNGRY FEED THEMSELVES

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28. TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE ON MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS FROM THE ORANG ASLI AS A SOURCE FOR FUTURE CROPS

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29. DIVERSIFYING INCOME OPPORTUNITIES WITH UNDERUSED CROPS

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30. COIX LACRYMA-JOBI LINN. – AN UNDERUTILIZED GRASS FOR FOOD SECURITY AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL COMMUNITIES

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31. UNDERUTILISED SPECIES AS THE BACKBONE OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL AGRICULTURE – THE NEXT WAVE OF CROP DOMESTICATION

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32. ALLANBLACKIA SPECIES: A MODEL FOR DOMESTICATION OF HIGH POTENTIAL TREE CROPS IN AFRICA

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34. GROWTH RESPONSE OF SELECTED TARO [COLOCASIA ESCULENTA (L.) SCHOTT] LANDRACES TO WATER STRESS

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35. EVALUATION OF MELONS AND INDIGENOUS CUCUMIS SPP. GENOTYPES FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE

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45. FROM ADVANCED TO UNDERUTILIZED CROPS: MAKING FONIO BENEFIT FROM RESEARCH ON MAJOR CEREALS IN AFRICA

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53. POTENTIAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION OF GENOMICS TO INDIGENOUS AND TRADITIONAL LEAFY VEGETABLES IN WEST AFRICA

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59. AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION WITH INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES FOR CASH CROPPING AND NUTRITION: EXAMPLES FROM RIFT VALLEY AND CENTRAL PROVINCES IN KENYA

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60. ON-FARM BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: THE RC FRUIT CONSERVATION FARM

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62. BEYOND COMMODITY CROPS: STRENGTHENING YOUNG SCIENTISTS¿ CAPACITY FOR RESEARCH ON UNDERUTILISED SPECIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

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65. PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIBACTERIAL POTENTIALS OF MAOUTIA SETOSA WEDD., AN UNDERUTILIZED PLANT IN THE CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, LUZON, PHILIPPINES

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66. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PHENOLIC CONTENT, COMPOSITION AND ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY OF SELECTED INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES OF ZIMBABWE

B. Chipurura | M. Muchuweti | M. Bhebhe

67. NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF PARINARI CURATELLIFOLIA FRUIT AND A JAM MADE FROM THE PULP OF THE FRUIT: AN UNTAPPED RESOURCE

68. IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SELECTED UNDERUTILIZED LEAFY PLANT SPECIES IN THE HOMESTEADS OF KERALA, INDIA

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69. POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF CARISSA CARANDAS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY

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70. SHELF-LIFE AND MICROBIOLOGICAL SAFETY STUDIES OF REFRIGERATED PETHA SWEET MANUFACTURED FROM UNDERUTILISED VEGETABLE: ASH GOURD

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71. ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF UNDERUTILISED SARAWAK TRADITIONAL HERB KACANGMA (LEONURUS SIBIRICUS)

H.P. Chua | A. Aminah

72. ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF WILD MANGIFERA SPECIES IN MALAYSIA

A.H.S. Mirfat | M. Razali | I. Salma

73. EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT (VIGNA SUBTERRANEAN (L.) VERDC.) DURING EARLY AND LATE SEASON DROUGHT

A.S. Karunaratne | N.M.J. Crout | I. Al-Shareef | S. Azam-Ali

74. IMPORTANCE OF BUSH GRAPE (VITEX SPP.) AS FOOD AND MEDICINAL PLANT TO THE DAGARTI SPEAKING PEOPLE OF THE UPPER WEST REGION OF NORTHERN GHANA

G. Kranjac-Berisavljevic | B.Z. Gandaa

75. THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND DROUGHT STRESS ON RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT (VIGNA SUBTERRANEAN (L.) VERDC.) LANDRACES

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76. GENETIC DIVERSITY IN LANDRACES OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT FOUND IN NAMIBIA USING RAPD MARKERS

C. Mukakalisa | M. Kandawa-Schulz | I. Mapaure

77. EFFECT OF SOWING SEASONS ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT (VIGNA SUBTERRANEAN L.)

C. Mukakalisa | M. Kandawa-Schulz | I. Mapaure

78. EFFECT OF SEED MATURITY AND INVIGORATION ON SEED VIABILITY AND VIGOR, PLANT GROWTH, AND YIELD OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT (VIGNA SUBTERRANEA (L.) VERDCOURT)

S. Ilyas | O. Sopian

79. IS THE EFFECT OF SOWING DEPTH ON EMERGENCE AND EARLY SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT SIMILAR IN AFRICAN INDIGENOUS AND EXOTIC LEAFY VEGETABLES?

T.M. Seeiso | S.A. Materechera

80. SEED TREATMENT TO IMPROVE WATER IMBIBITION AND GERMINATION OF POMEGRANATE (PUNICA GRANATUM)

S.A. Materechera | T.M. Seeiso

81. PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS IN THE GENUS VIGNA

Wai Pin Chan | F. Massawe | P.G. Alderson

82. SIMULTANEOUS USE OF BARBAREA VULGARIS R. BR. (BRASSICACEAE) AS A TRAP CROP FOR INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT AND A SALAD VEGETABLE

F.R. Badenes-Pérez

83. SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECTED WILD WATERMELON LANDRACES IN RESPONSE TO VARYING WATER REGIMES

A.T. Modi | N.S. Zulu

84. GROWTH AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF ‘PERSIAN’ LIME AND ‘MAYER’ LEMON TO SALINITY STRESS

S. Alireza | Y.B. Awang | A.S. Juraimi | R. Othman

85. EFFECT OF POSTHARVEST APPLICATION OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE ON BROWN ROT AND QUALITY OF RED-FLESH DRAGON FRUIT (HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS)

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86. DEVELOPING XSPECIES APPROACHES FOR GENOMICS AND TRANSCRIPTOMICS – USING RESOURCES DEVELOPED IN MAJOR SPECIES FOR RESEARCH IN BAMBARA GROUNDNUT

87. ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIABILITY OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT (VIGNA SUBTERRANEAN (L.) VERDC.) ACCESSIONS USING MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS AND MOLECULAR MARKERS

O. Molosiwa | S.M. Basu | F. Stadler | S. Azam-Ali | S. Mayes

88. IDENTIFICATION OF GRAPEVINE CLONE GENOTYPES BY MICROSATELLITE MARKERS

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89. LESSONS FROM 35 YEARS PROMOTING AGROFORESTRY TREES IN BRAZIL’S CENTRAL AMAZON

J. van Leeuwen | J.B.M. Gomes | J.M.T. Menezes | R.C. Leandro

90. A PROGRESS REPORT ON COMMERCIALIZATION IN THE USA OF PURPLE-FRUITED PITANGA (EUGENIA UNIFLORA L.), AN UNDERUTILIZED FRUIT CROP

J.L. Griffis, Jr. | C.E. Sams | M.M. Manners | T.G. McDonald | T.J. Radovich