Rijk Zwaan Afrisem Breeding projects...RZ Afrisem Arusha East-African Highland climate: •High...

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Agri Pro Focus, Rwanda November 26 th 2015 Rijk Zwaan Afrisem Breeding projects

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  • Agri Pro Focus, Rwanda

    November 26th 2015

    Rijk Zwaan Afrisem Breeding projects

  • RZ Afrisem

    RZ Afrisem

  • Arusha

    East-African Highland climate: • High humidity in morning, dry in afternoon• Tropical (light intensity, day length, no winter)• moderate (temperature, rainfall)• Seasons (wet vs dry, warm vs cool)

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    Unique opportunity

  • 1. African eggplant (EW & RZ)

    2. Chinense pepper (EW & RZ)

    3. Sukuma wiki (EW & RZ)

    4. African tomato (only Rijk Zwaan)

    Afrisem Vision

  • Breeding objectives

    kumba

    gilo

    gilo

  • Breeding objectives

    Improvement •mites and insect tolerance•shelf life, upright plant, earliness•heat setting (West Africa)•disease resistances•Production

    African eggplant (S.aethiopicum)

  • Tetranychus evansi/Tarsonemidae

    Spider mites and insects tolerance

  • Chinense pepper in markets

    Morogoro (Tanzania) Porto Novo (Benin)

    Accra (Ghana)

    The price for OPV, Mme Jeannette is 20.000 Tsh/1000 seeds

    Lome (Togo)

  • Descriptions of the 2 fruit types

    Type Shape FIC FMC FSS FSH Pungency Aroma Market

    Tyson oval NG red/yellow high Hard high medium fresh/export

    Big Sun round LG red/yellow low Soft high high fresh

    Fresh market Export market

  • improvement• earliness / vigor / plant-type• P. capsici / BW resistance• viruses resistance• insect and mite tolerance

    C.chinense• aromatic and hot(!!!!!) pepper• only few hybrids in the market• originally low-land plant

    (not adapted to highland)•Production

    Breeding goals

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  • African Kale (Brassica oleraceavar acephala)

  • Sukuma wiki hybrids

    Which leaf character is preferred?

  • Xanthomonas pressure in the hot season

    Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

  • Thank you for your attention