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Goh E, Sobratee-Fajurally N, Allegretti A, Sardeshpande M, Mustafa M, Azam-Ali S, et al.
Front Sustain Food Syst . 2024 Dec; 8:1366878. PMID: 39655043
Food environments are rapidly changing globally, both in developed and developing contexts, contributing to poor dietary habits and environmental concerns. As a result, more than 80% of countries in the...
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Mustafa M, Mabhaudhi T, Massawe F
Glob Food Sec . 2024 Jul; 28. PMID: 39036390
Current food production and consumption practices have had negative impacts on the environment and are central to global health concerns. Using a mixed-methods review, we examined the nutritional and environmental...
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Ho W, Tanzi A, Sang F, Tsoutsoura N, Shah N, Moore C, et al.
Nat Commun . 2024 Mar; 15(1):1901. PMID: 38429275
A sustainable supply of plant protein is critical for future generations and needs to be achieved while reducing green house gas emissions from agriculture and increasing agricultural resilience in the...
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Gao X, Chai H, Ho W, Mayes S, Massawe F
BMC Plant Biol . 2023 May; 23(1):287. PMID: 37248451
Background: Assessment of segregating populations for their ability to withstand drought stress conditions is one of the best approaches to develop breeding lines and drought tolerant varieties. Bambara groundnut (Vigna...
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Chimonyo V, Govender L, Nyathi M, Scheelbeek P, Choruma D, Mustafa M, et al.
Front Nutr . 2023 Feb; 10:1060246. PMID: 36793925
Introduction: Intercropping cereals with legumes can intensify rainfed cereal monocropping for improved household food and nutritional security. However, there is scant literature confirming the associated nutritional benefits. Methodology: A systematic...
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Dodd J, Sweby P, Mayes S, Murchie E, Karunaratne A, Massawe F, et al.
J Theor Biol . 2022 Dec; 560:111373. PMID: 36509139
A principal objective in agriculture is to maximise food production; this is particularly relevant with the added demands of an ever increasing population, coupled with the unpredictability that climate change...
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Lubanga N, Massawe F, Mayes S, Gorjanc G, Bancic J
Plant Genome . 2022 Nov; 16(1):e20282. PMID: 36349831
Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] is mainly grown in low- to middle-income countries (LMIC) and is a global commodity. Breeding programs in these countries face the challenge of increasing...
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Mateva K, Chai H, Mayes S, Massawe F
Front Plant Sci . 2022 Apr; 13:760879. PMID: 35419010
Bambara groundnut [ (L.) Verdc.] is grown in rainfed production systems and suffers from periodic drought stress (DS), leading to yield reductions. Natural genotypic variation for root traits is essential...
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Ho K, Yong P, Wang C, Kuppusamy U, Ngo C, Massawe F, et al.
J Integr Med . 2022 Feb; 20(4):292-304. PMID: 35153134
Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth is a medicinal plant used to manage inflammatory illnesses such as conjunctivitis, and gastrointestinal and respiratory tract disorders in tropical and subtropical regions. However, little is...
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Tan X, Azam-Ali S, Goh E, Mustafa M, Chai H, Ho W, et al.
Front Nutr . 2020 Dec; 7:601496. PMID: 33363196
Rapid population growth, climate change, intensive monoculture farming, and resource depletion are among the challenges that threaten the increasingly vulnerable global agri-food system. Heavy reliance on a few major crops...