BIOSCIENCE ACHIEVEMENTS

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Development of a simple and cheap protocol for in vitro screening of low soil nitrogen tolerant maize variety (TZPB PROI C3).
Quality Protein Maize varieties (Oba 98 and ILE-1-OB) were identified as drought-tolerant maize varieties in vitro.
Genetic linkage map of cowpea was constructed for cowpea improvement and brown blotch-resistant lines.
Yellow maize lines with pro-vitamin A at IAR&T and IITA were characterized using SSR markers The study identified some lines as potential divergent parents to develop new maize lines with a higher level of pro-vitamin A content.
Cytogenetic characterization of Nigerian indigenous pigs has been investigated and information obtained are of great benefits in pig production.