History and progress in genetic improvement for enhancing rice yield in sub-Saharan Africa

Quantifying rice yield gaps and their causes in Eastern and Southern Africa

(2020) Kalimuthu Senthilkumar et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE

Enhancing the rate of genetic gain in public-sector plant breeding programs: lessons from the breeder’s equation

(2019) Joshua N. Cobb et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genetic strategies for improving crop yields

(2019) Julia Bailey-Serres et al.   NATURE

Multidisciplinary assessment of agricultural innovation and its impact: a case study of lowland rice variety WITA 9 in Côte d’Ivoire

(2019) Kazuki Saito et al.   PLANT PRODUCTION SCIENCE

Screening African Rice ( ) for Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses: II. Lowland Drought

(2018) A. A. Shaibu et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Phosphorus micro-dosing as an entry point to sustainable intensification of rice systems in sub-Saharan Africa

(2018) Elke Vandamme et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Screening African rice ( Oryza glaberrima) for tolerance to abiotic stresses: I. Fe toxicity

(2018) M. Sikirou et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Progress in varietal improvement for increasing upland rice productivity in the tropics

(2018) Kazuki Saito et al.   PLANT PRODUCTION SCIENCE

Comparative whole genome re-sequencing analysis in upland New Rice for Africa: insights into the breeding history and respective genome compositions

(2018) Naoki Yamamoto et al.   Rice

Effects of Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation Regime and Nitrogen Fertilizer on Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Irrigated Rice in the Sahel

(2018) Koffi Djaman et al.   Water

Variations in agronomic and grain quality traits of rice grown under irrigated lowland conditions in West Africa

(2018) Seth Graham-Acquaah et al.   Food Science & Nutrition

Increasing paddy yields and improving farm management: results from participatory experiments with good agricultural practices (GAP) in Tanzania

(2018) Kalimuthu Senthilkumar et al.   Paddy and Water Environment

Analysing spatial–temporal changes in rice cultivation practices in the Senegal River Valley using MODIS time-series and the PhenoRice algorithm

(2018) Lorenzo Busetto et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

On-farm rice yield and its association with biophysical factors in sub-Saharan Africa

(2017) Atsuko Tanaka et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Variability and determinants of yields in rice production systems of West Africa

(2017) Abibou Niang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Contribution of improved rice varieties to poverty reduction and food security in sub-Saharan Africa

(2017) A. Arouna et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Rapid breeding and varietal replacement are critical to adaptation of cropping systems in the developing world to climate change

(2017) Gary N. Atlin et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Can yield gap analysis be used to inform R&D prioritisation?

(2017) P.A.J. van Oort et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Plant Characteristics of High-Yielding Upland Rice Cultivars in West Africa

(2016) Kazuki Saito   CROP SCIENCE

Genotype-by-environment interaction analysis of rice (Oryza spp.) yield in a floodplain ecosystem in West Africa

(2016) Keisuke Katsura et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

FIRST EXPERIENCES WITH A NOVEL FARMER CITIZEN SCIENCE APPROACH: CROWDSOURCING PARTICIPATORY VARIETY SELECTION THROUGH ON-FARM TRIADIC COMPARISONS OF TECHNOLOGIES (TRICOT)

(2016) JACOB VAN ETTEN et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE

Climate ready rice: Augmenting drought tolerance with best management practices

(2016) Stephan M. Haefele et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Development and validation of allele-specific SNP/indel markers for eight yield-enhancing genes using whole-genome sequencing strategy to increase yield potential of rice, Oryza sativa L.

(2016) Sung-Ryul Kim et al.   Rice

Yield and nitrogen use efficiency of aromatic rice varieties in response to nitrogen fertilizer

(2016) Djaman Koffi et al.   Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Adoption and impacts of international rice research technologies

(2016) Takashi Yamano et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Improving yield potential of tropical rice: Achieved levels and perspectives through improved ideotypes

(2015) Michael Dingkuhn et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Rice yield growth analysis for 24 African countries over 1960–2012

(2015) Kazuki Saito et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Performance of Four Rice Cultivars Transplanted Monthly over Full Year under Irrigated Conditions in Tanzania

(2015) Nobuhito Sekiya et al.   Rice Science

Nitrogen use efficiency by selected NERICA varieties in Burkina Faso

(2014) Segda Zacharie et al.   African Journal of Agricultural Research

A screening protocol for developing high-yielding upland rice varieties with superior weed-suppressive ability

(2014) Kazuki Saito   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Upland rice varieties for smallholder farming in the cold conditions in Madagascar's tropical highlands

(2014) Louis-Marie Raboin et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Assessment of Rice Inbred Lines and Hybrids under Low Fertilizer Levels in Senegal

(2014) Ghislain Kanfany et al.   Sustainability

Yield Trends Are Insufficient to Double Global Crop Production by 2050

(2013) Deepak K. Ray et al.   PLoS One

NAL1 allele from a rice landrace greatly increases yield in modern indica cultivars

(2013) D. Fujita et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enhancing Rice Productivity in West Africa through Genetic Improvement

(2012) K. Saito et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Climate effects on yield components as affected by genotypic responses to variable environmental conditions in upland rice systems at different altitudes

(2012) Suchit Shrestha et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Green Revolution: Impacts, limits, and the path ahead

(2012) P. L. Pingali   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cultivar and Weeding Effects on Weeds and Rice Yields in a Degraded Upland Environment of the Coastal Savanna

(2011) Amadou Touré et al.   WEED TECHNOLOGY

Plant characteristics associated with weed competitiveness of rice under upland and lowland conditions in West Africa

(2010) K. Saito et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Weed competitiveness of the lowland rice varieties of NERICA in the southern Guinea Savanna

(2009) Jonne Rodenburg et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Yield response of indica and tropical japonica genotypes to soil fertility conditions under rainfed uplands in northern Laos

(2009) Hidetoshi Asai et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Performance of diverse upland rice cultivars in low and high soil fertility conditions in West Africa

(2009) Kazuki Saito et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Progress in ideotype breeding to increase rice yield potential

(2008) Shaobing Peng et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH