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Abebe Menkir
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kansas State University
Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Agronomy and Crop Science · Genetics and Plant Breeding · Crop Yield and Soil Fertility · Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement
0000-0002-5907-9177
Employment
- 1996 - Present
Education
- 1989 - 1993
Projects & Funding
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Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa Project Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2015 - 2020
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22. Achieving sustainable Striga control for poor farmers in Africa Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2011 - 2014
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Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa- Phase I, II and III Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2006 - 2015
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Biofortification of Tropical Maize under HarvestPlus Challenge Program. Phase I and Phase II CGIAR HarvestPlus Challeng Program2004 - 2016
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Support for Agricultural Research for the Development of Strategic Crops African Development Bank Group
Publications (16)
- Achieving Polygenic Resistance in Maize (Zea mays L.) for Striga Control in Africa: A Review Save
- Assessment of genetic diversity and heterotic alignment of CIMMYT and IITA maize inbred lines adapted to sub‐Saharan Africa Save
- Characterization of Carotenoid Profiles and Presence of Functional Markers in Sub-Tropical Maize (Zea mays L.) Inbred Lines Save
- Genomic prediction of the performance of tropical doubled haploid maize lines under artificial Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. infestation Save
- Registration of provitamin A‐enriched tropical maize inbred lines Save
- Variation in Grain Yield Losses Due to Fall Armyworm Infestation among Elite Open-Pollinated Maize Varieties under Different Levels of Insecticide Application Save
- Approaches and progress in breeding drought‐tolerant maize hybrids for tropical lowlands in west and central Africa Save
- Advances in Genetic Enhancement of Nutritional Quality of Tropical Maize in West and Central Africa Save
- Impact assessment of Striga resistant maize varieties and fertilizer use in Ghana: A panel analysis Save
- Genetic Analysis of Zinc, Iron and Provitamin A Content in Tropical Maize (Zea mays L.) Save
- Assessment of the Effects of Genotype, Location, and Planting Season on the Nutritional Composition and the Metabolizable Energy of Advanced Twenty-Five Maize Hybrids Save
- Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectrophotometry (NIRS) Application in the Amino Acid Profiling of Quality Protein Maize (QPM) Save
- Efficacy of maize inbred testers with varying levels of resistance to Striga for classifying Striga-resistant yellow-maize lines into heterotic groups Save
- Assessing the Fodder Potentials of Drought-Tolerant Maize (Zea mays L.) Hybrids in West Africa Save
- Assessing performance of white endosperm testers with varying resistance reactions to Striga (Striga hermonthica) for evaluating resistant maize (Zea mays) inbred lines Save
- Breeding maize (Zea mays) for Striga resistance: Past, current and prospects in sub‐saharan africa Save