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Improvement of marama bean (tylosema esculentum (burch.) schreiber) an under-utilized grain and tuber producing legume for southern africa.

Objetivo

Marama bean (Tylosema esculentum L.), an under-utilised, perennial legume of poor, arid soils of southern Africa, produces protein- and oil-rich, edible seeds (harvested wild) and extremely large (up to 200 kg) tubers, containing protein and carbohydrate: Its foliage provides fodder. This project will assess the potential of marama as a low-input, sustainable crop for subsistence agriculture in dry areas. Distribution in the wild and biodiversity will be assessed. Agronomic trials with varying water and nitrogen will assess growth, yield and quality of grain, tubers and foliage in relation to environmental conditions. Scientific understanding of the mechanisms by which marama accumulates nitrogen and carbon, partitions assimilates to organs and withstands stresses, particularly watercress, will come from physiological and biochemical analysis of plants in experiments. The project will foster the use of marama and its agronomy.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.

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Régimen de financiación

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinador

ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH LIMITED
Aportación de la UE
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Dirección

AL5 2JQ HARPENDEN
Reino Unido

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