Tef Improvement Project

University of Bern
Eragrostis tef

Recent Publications about Tef

Genome and transcriptome sequencing identifies breeding targets in the orphan crop tef (Eragrostis tef) Gina Cannarozzi, Sonia Plaza-Wuthrich, Korinna Esfeld, Stephanie Larti, Yi Song Wilson, Dejene Girma, Edouard de Castro, Solomon Chanyalew, Regula Blosch, Laurent Farinelli, Eric Lyons, Michel Schneider, Laurent Falquet, Cris Kuhlemeier, Kebebew Assefa and Zerihun Tadele, BMC Genomics, 2014, 15:581. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-581 link
The origins and progress of genomics research on Tef (Eragrostis tef) D Girma, K Assefa, S Chanyalew, G Cannarozzi, C Kuhlemeier, Z Tadele Plant Biotechnology Journal 12 (5), 534-540 link
Genetic and phenotypic diversity in selected genotypes of tef. Sonia Plaza-Wuethrich, Gina Cannarozzi and ZerihunTadele link
Impact of Climate Variability on Tef (Eragrostis tef) in CRV, Ethiopia, Understanding Tef crop response to water in Central rift valley dryland areas, Ethiopia. Solomon Jemal Hassen, Kindie Tesfaye Fantaye, Tilahun Hordofa. link
Increasing Food Production in Africa by Boosting the Productivity of Understudied Crops, Zerihun Tadele and Kebebew Assefa. link
Genetic Variation for Grain Yield and Yield Related Traits in Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) under Moisture Stress and Non-Stress Environments, Wondewosen Shiferaw, Alemayehu Balcha2, Hussen Mohammed. link
Effect of grain Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) flour substitution with flaxseed on quality and functionality of injera. link
Seed system and quality analysis of Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) by Melkam Anteneh Alemu. Book
Evaluation of drought tolerance indices in Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter), Wondewosen Shiferaw, Alemayehu Balcha, and Hussen Mohammed, African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 7(23), pp. 3433-3438, 19 June, 2012. link
Participatory Seeding Rates Evaluation on Teff (Eragrostis teff (Zucc.) Trotter) Using Seed Spreader in Wolaita, South Ethiopia: Farmers Evaluation and Economic Analysis, Fanuel Laekemariam, Gifole Gidago and Wondemeneh Taye, Advances in Life Science and Technology, Vol 5, 2012. link
Millet improvement through regeneration and transformation, Sonia Plaza-Wuethrich and Zerihun Tadele, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Reviews Vol. 7(2), pp.48-61, June 2012. link