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Anosike_Chukwuka

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Research Scientist @nrcri_umudike; MSc. candidate @Ma_RCCI; Plant breeding; Improving cassava 🌿resistance to diseases of relevance to African farmers

Joined January 2011
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Anosike_Chukwuka Reposted

🌱 Exciting insights from Prof. @boas_pucker 's talk today on "Unlocking Plant Genomes"! His demonstration of mapping-by-sequencing as a tool to identify virus resistance was inspiring—especially for tackling challenges like #CBSD. Thank you for sharing your expertise! #cassava

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This brown streak virus disease #CBSD is really destructive . We win against it with our resistant lines with healthy tubers shinining bright under African skies. @Leibniz_DSMZ_en

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Success in #Cassava #Virus #Resistance! 🌍 Huge thanks to @SamarSheat, @DrStephanWinte1 from @Leibniz_DSMZ_en, and the dedicated team: the exceptional resistance to CBSD & CMD holds strong! #PlantVirology

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GREAT NEWS👏 @Nrcri_umudike RELEASES 2 IMPROVED CASSAVA VARIETIES At the 38th meeting of the Technical Sub-committee on crop variety naming, registration & release @nacgrab Ibadan, NRCRI in collaboration with @IITA_CGIAR unveiled two improved #cassava varieties, RENEWED HOPE 1

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Join us in honouring a visionary leader on his second anniversary as the Executive Director @nrcri_umudike Warmest congratulations, Prof Chiedozie Egesi. Your lasting legacy is a testament to your dedication. We love you today & always. @cegesi @IITA_CGIAR @umudike_seeds

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Plant breeders: the matchmakers and midwives of agriculture, performing precise crosses and thorough evaluations to deliver new varieties to secure the future of food – Dr. Ishiak Khalid, DG NASC. #NPBA2024 @NigeriaPlantBreeders @IITA_CGIAR @nrcri_umudike

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Where are all the crop improvement people?

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📍 In #Ibadan, #AcceleratedBreeding Work Package TRANSFORM, along with @nrcri_umudike? @IITA_CGIAR and @Cipotato recently held a Product Design Team (PDT) meeting The focus? Identifying taro market segments in #Nigeria & develop Target Product Profiles meeting end-consumer needs

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Happy to welcome colleague breeders, from all over Africa to this Workshop on Costing of Breeding Operations for Roots, Tubers and Bananas plus soybeans, cowpea, and maize. Plant breeders from DR Congo, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria are gathered at Umudike all week to develop breeding…

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Grouping for crop-specific benches: (#Cassava, #Yam, #SweetPotato, #Taro, #Irish Potato, #Maize, #Soybean & #Cowpea Review of Data capture & uploading of data into the University of Queensland Breeding Costing Tool (UQ-BCT) @CGIARgenetic @IITA_CGIAR @cegesi @SMutiga78 @CIMMYT

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Nach fast 30jähriger Tätigkeit geht der Leiter der Abteilung für Pflanzenviren 🦠🌱 in den Ruhestand – zumindest ein bisschen 😉 Das ganze Interview Dr. Stephan Winter lest ihr hier 👉 tinyurl.com/4h5eh2fz #pflanzengesundheit #dsmz #sciencecampusbs #cassava #pflanzenviren

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Late #blight resistant #potato confined field trials planted in three locations across #Nigeria. canr.msu.edu/news/late-blig… @aatfafrica @aatfafrica @cegesi @Cipotato @Cipotato @FAO @NGfmafs @michiganstateu


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" Protecting our #environment is not just a moral imperative but a practical necessity for ensuring the health, well-being, and prosperity of all people" -Prof @cegesi Executive Director/CEO @nrcri_umudike @FAOclimate @aatfafrica @NGfmafs @IITA_CGIAR #WorldEnvironmentDay

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#Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) causes as much as 100% yield loss in cassava mostly across eastern and southern #Africa. @WAVE_RCe in collaboration with @nrcri_umudike has put some pre-emptive measures to prevent it from coming into West Africa which #PlantHealthDay #VACs

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We delivered more #Cassava Breeders this week. All Alumni of the @NextGenCassava project. We are growing the community. Congratulations to @nrcri_umudike and @IITA_CGIAR young scientists Joseph (NRCRI), Cynthia (IITA) and Simon Peter (NRCRI) @RTB_CGIAR

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Historically, @nrcri_umudike started in 1923 as a provincial research station, between that time & now, it has passed through so many beautiful transformations that have made NRCRI to stand firmly as one of the foremost research Institutes in the country. -Prof @cegesi ED/CEO

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@nrcri_umudike is poised to progressively realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to enhance food security and livelihood, which will in turn, accelerate the development of our country through agricultural research on #Root and #Tuber Crops. #NRCRIannualReview @NGfmafs

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