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Practical African Development Lab
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The lab studies rice production in Africa and control of the parasitic weed Striga.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward higher and more stable crop production in Africa.
The Practical African Development Lab conducts research to contribute to higher and more stable crop production in sub-Saharan Africa, the region south of the Sahara Desert.
In addition to studying how crop genetic resources respond to the environment and developing cultivation techniques, the lab works toward putting its research results into practical use in society.
For its rice cultivation research, the lab uses a base built for joint research at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization and conducts field trials on site.
It also works with researchers inside and outside the university to develop techniques to control the parasitic weed Striga.
Key terms
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- The region of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
- Striga
- A root-parasitic weed that attacks major cereals such as sorghum, maize, and upland rice, causing serious damage to cereal production in Africa.
- Strigolactone
- A plant hormone released from the roots of host plants. Striga seeds germinate in response to it.
- Suicidal germination
- A method that uses artificial strigolactone to force the seeds of parasitic weeds to germinate and then die.
ResearchResearch themes
The Practical African Development Lab aims to raise and stabilize crop production in sub-Saharan Africa, studying how crop genetic resources respond to the environment and developing cultivation techniques. It also works toward putting its research results into practical use in society.
*Illustrative imageImproving rice productivity in sub-Saharan Africa
In many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, domestic production has not kept up with growing demand for rice. To stabilize rice farming and improve productivity, the lab takes a comprehensive approach that includes analyzing local growing conditions, developing new varieties, and developing cultivation techniques.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping techniques to control Striga
Striga seeds germinate in response to strigolactone, a plant hormone. The lab is developing a control technique that uses "suicidal germination," in which seeds are forced to germinate with the compound SPL7, developed by a collaborator, and then die, including through demonstration trials in fields in Kenya.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorDaigo Makihara
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Rice field DRC” Abdoulma / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Improving rice productivity in sub-Saharan Africa: “Rice farm cultivation” Nakandealiyu / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Developing techniques to control Striga: “Striga bilabiata at Kadavoor” Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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