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ILRI News on biodiversity

30 Aug 2019

Buffelgrass: a drought-tolerant bunchgrass

Buffelgrass growing in a field trial in Bishoftu, Ethiopia (photo credit: Ricardo Sanchez Gutierrez/Ethiopia). Buffelgrass ( Cenchrus ciliaris L.) is a bunchgrass that grows in clumps, it can transform deserts into grasslands. It is one of the most popular forage species and is extensively grown...

ILRI News

23 Aug 2019

Ekta Patel

Five years of the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health: celebrating achievements and renewing commitments

CTLGH Principals & CSC group (left- right) Wayne Powell (SRUC), Steve Kemp (ILRI), Eleanor Riley (Roslin/UoE), Jimmy Smith (ILRI), Jamie Newbold (SRUC) & Appolinaire Djikeng (Roslin/UoE/CTLGH) (Photo credit: CTLGH/Maggie Bennett) As the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (...

ILRI News

18 Jun 2019

Ekta Patel

Better breeds for more milk: African dairy genetics gains bulls and cows exhibition

Role of African Dairy Genetics Gains platform (Artwork/ILRI: Eric Ouma, Ekta Patel) Today, thirty-five farmers and over fifty representatives from the Tanzanian government including Hon. Luhaga Mpina, Minister of Livestock and Fisheries, Tanzania, and Dr. Eligy Mussa Shirima, Director General of...

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Publications on biodiversity

Journal Article

Published2019

Memory effects of climate and vegetation affecting net ecosystem CO2 fluxes in global forests

Journal Article

Published2018

Assessment of hydrological pathways in East African montane catchments under different land use

Journal Article

Published2018

Diversity analysis and genome-wide association studies of grain shape and eating quality traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using DArT markers

Journal Article

Published2018

The influence of protection from grazing on Cholistan desert vegetation, Pakistan

Journal Article

Published2018

Enhancing soil organic carbon, particulate organic carbon and microbial biomass in semi-arid rangeland using pasture enclosures.

Journal Article

Published2018

Analysis of genetic difference within and between of wild relatives of sorghum in Sudan, using SSRs

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Tags: biodiversity

ILRI News on biodiversity

Buffelgrass: a drought-tolerant bunchgrass

Five years of the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health: celebrating achievements and renewing commitments

Better breeds for more milk: ​African dairy genetics gains bulls and cows exhibition

Publications on biodiversity

Memory effects of climate and vegetation affecting net ecosystem CO2 fluxes in global forests

Assessment of hydrological pathways in East African montane catchments under different land use

Diversity analysis and genome-wide association studies of grain shape and eating quality traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using DArT markers

The influence of protection from grazing on Cholistan desert vegetation, Pakistan

Enhancing soil organic carbon, particulate organic carbon and microbial biomass in semi-arid rangeland using pasture enclosures.

Analysis of genetic difference within and between of wild relatives of sorghum in Sudan, using SSRs

Better breeds for more milk: African dairy genetics gains bulls and cows exhibition