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Uganda: Scientists Make Breakthrough in Blight-Resistant Irish Potatoes [1]

National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) is in the process of breeding Irish Potato varieties that are resistant to late blight, a fungal disease ravaging the crop in farmers' fields acro

Publication Date: 
11/02/2016
All Africa [2]
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Agriculture [3], Potato [4], Vegetables [5], Uganda [6], Scientists [7], Agricultural Research [8], Genetic Engineering [9]
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