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The Business of Plant Breeding is the result of a study on
demand-led plant variety design for markets in Africa, sharing best
practices from private and public sector breeding programmes
worldwide that are applicable to improving tropical crops in
Africa. Beginning with an overview of the principles of demand-led
plant breeding, the book then discusses aspects such as
understanding the demands of clients and markets in rural and urban
areas, foresight in setting product profiles and breeding targets,
and determining breeding strategy and stage plans. It also covers
measuring success and making the business case for future
investments in breeding programmes that will deliver new varieties
to meet market demands. The book: - Brings together the experience
of plant breeders around the world, representing universities,
national plant breeding programmes, regional and international
agricultural research institutes, and private seed companies,
showcasing how to respond to changing market demands; - Provides
educational resource materials within each chapter; - Includes
templates for use as planning tools by plant breeding programs for
determining priority traits that meet market demands. An important
read for professionals and students of plant breeding and genetics,
this book is also a useful resource for anyone interested in
developing and disseminating new, market-led technologies to
increase productivity and profitability in tropical agriculture.
The study was sponsored by the Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research, the Crawford Fund and the Syngenta
Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, and managed by the
University of Queensland.
This work established the temperature range for development and
survival of Bactrocera invadens, an alien invasive fruit fly
species of Asian origin. The optimal temperature for survival was
found to be 25 C while 35 C was the most lethal temperature. The
insect infested fourteen plant species particularly mango and
citrus and the wild plants marula plum and tropical almond. In host
preference studies, mango and banana were found to be the most
preferred host plants. The spatial and temporal population dynamics
revealed that the relative abundance index (RAI) of mango pests was
in the order B. invadens
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