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Titre : Characterizing the genetic diversity of finger millet in Uganda

Auteur : Dramadri , Isaac Onziga

Université de soutenance : Makerere University

Grade : MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN PLANT BREEDING AND SEED SYSTEMS 2015

Présentation
Finger millet [Eleusine corocana (L) Gaertn.] is a staple cereal, widely cultivated in the eastern, northern, northwestern, and southwestern parts of Uganda and in many other semi-arid regions of Eastern and Southern Africa as well as South Asia. The production of finger millet in Uganda is constrained by biotic and abiotic stresses, impeding the realization of yield potential. Moreover, a comprehensive review of the published literature shows that finger millet has received little research attention with limited studies conducted on diversity among Ugandan germplasm hence remaining uncharacterized, and under-utilized for breeding purposes. The objectives of this study were to (1) characterise the phenotypic diversity among the selected finger millet accessions using agronomic traits ; (2) investigate the presence of pre-and post flowering drought tolerance in selected finger millet accessions ; (3) determine genetic diversity among the sampled finger millet using simple sequence repeats (SSR) molecular markers ; (4) determine the cross compatibility of cultivated finger millet Eleusine Corocana L with its wild relatives E. africana and E. Kigezienesis. The studies involved field evaluations conducted at the National Semi Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) Serere, Screen house experiment at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute (MUARIK) Kabanyolo and laboratory work conducted at ICRISAT biotechnology laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya

Sujets  : genetic diversity ; finger millet ; Agricultural Higher Education

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