Progress in bean improvement in Tanzania: Pests and diseases
1994
Teri, J.M. | Nchimbi, C. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro (Tanzania)) | Silbernagel, M.J. (Washington State University, Prosser (USA))
Reports on bean research in Tanzania date dack to late 1920s. However, concerted scientific efforts in bean improvement were initiated in the early 1950s at the then Northern Research Centre at Tengeru near Arusha. The early objective was to develop high yielding, rust resistant white haricot bean for canning. Since the 1960s empasis has shifted to the development of high yielding dry bean varieties that have multiple resistance to major pests and diseases for smallholder bean producers. The paper reviews progress to date
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