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
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