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Agricultural Research, Crop, Plant Breeding

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Namibia

Biography

Dr Maliata Athon Wanga is an Agricultural Scientific Officer with Namibia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR); he completed his PhD in Crop Science (2022) through the University of KwaZulu Natal’s African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) using mutation breeding techniques to develop drought-tolerant sorghum varieties. Wanga is based at Mannheim Crop Research Station, Tsumeb, leading plant breeding and soil moisture and nutrition research programs in the Ministry. He serves as Country Counterpart for the Joint IAEA/FAO Technical Co-operation Project: improving crops for drought resilience and nutritional quality. He is National Focal Points serve as institutional champions within Member States and serve to link interested people or parties with CCARDESA, mobilising content, catalysing relationships, and identifying opportunities for sharing knowledge among stakeholders. His interest is to develop improved crop management for enhanced yield and product quality and believes that coordinated research efforts can lead to improved crop productivity to reduce hunger and poverty.

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Employment (1)

Namibia University of Science and Technology: Windhoek, NA

2024-07-01 to present | Senior Lecturer/ Plant Breeder (Faculty of Health, Natural Resources and Applied Sciences)
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of KwaZulu-Natal: Durban, ZA

2019-08-01 to 2022-12-31 | PhD in Crop Science
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Works (13)

Radio-sensitivity of selected namibian landrace groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes to gamma radiation

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107618
Part of ISSN: 0265-931X
Contributors: Remmie Hilukwa; Angelinus C. Franke; Maryke Labuschagne; Maliata Athon Wanga; Rose-mary Kavemuine Hukununa; Magdalena Ndafapawa Hangula; Eddie.B.S. Hasheela; Cinthya Zorrilla; Fatma Sarsu
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Agro-Physiological and Morphological Responses of Pearl Millet to Varying Water Regimes in Semi-Arid Conditions of Namibia

Agronomy
2025-01-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy15020381
Contributors: Ofentse Moseki; Grace Kangueehi; Vasco Chiteculo; Matthias Zink; Maliata Athon Wanga
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Optimum gamma irradiation doses for mutagenesis in Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean L.) genotypes

Reproduction and Breeding
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.repbre.2024.01.002
Contributors: Maliata Athon Wanga; Ruusa Napandulwe Ithete; Rose-mary Kavemuine Hukununa; Annethe Kangumba; Magdalena Ndafapawa Hangula; Eddie B.S. Hasheela; Fatma Sarsu; Hussein Shimelis
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Optimum gamma radiation doses to enhance genetic diversity in selected cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) genotypes

Reproduction and Breeding
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.repbre.2024.01.001
Contributors: Pamwenafye I. Nanhapo; Johanna S. Valombola; Maliata A. Wanga; Konis Elungi; Simon K. Awala; Lydia N. Horn
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Responses of Elite Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor [L.] Moench) Lines Developed Via Gamma-Radiation for Grain Yield and Component Traits and Drought Tolerance

2023 | Preprint
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4503741
Contributors: Maliata Athon Wanga; Hussein Shimelis; Jacob Mashilo; Lydia N. Horn; Fatma Sarsu
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Responses of elite sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) lines developed via gamma-radiation for grain yield, component traits and drought tolerance

Reproduction and Breeding
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.repbre.2023.10.005
Contributors: Maliata Athon Wanga; Hussein Shimelis; Jacob Mashilo; Lydia N. Horn; Fatma Sarsu
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Genotype by environment interaction of newly developed sorghum lines in Namibia

Euphytica
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-022-03099-5
Contributors: Maliata Athon Wanga; Hussein Shimelis; Jacob Mashilo
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Sorghum Production in Northern Namibia: Farmers’ Perceived Constraints and Trait Preferences

Sustainability
2022-08-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/su141610266
Contributors: Maliata Athon Wanga; Hussein Shimelis; Girma Mengistu
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Opportunities and challenges of speed breeding: A review

Plant Breeding
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12909
Contributors: Maliata Athon Wanga; Hussein Shimelis; Jacob Mashilo; Mark D. Laing; Toshio Yamamoto
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The Effect of Single and Combined Use of Gamma Radiation and Ethylmethane Sulfonate on Early Growth Parameters in Sorghum

Plants
2020-06-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/plants9070827
Part of ISSN: 2223-7747
Contributors: Maliata Athon Wanga
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Breeding Sorghum Using Induced Mutations: Future Prospect for Namibia

American Journal of Plant Sciences
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2018.913196
Part of ISSN: 2158-2742
Part of ISSN: 2158-2750
Contributors: Maliata Athon Wanga; A. Ashok Kumar; Grace Nandesora Kangueehi; Hussein Shimelis; Lydia N. Horn; Fatma Sarsu; Jahanna F. N. Andowa
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Development of Flood- and Drought-Adaptive Cropping Systems in Namibia

Crop Production under Stressful Conditions
2018 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7308-3_4
Part of ISBN: 9789811073076
Part of ISBN: 9789811073083
Contributors: Morio Iijima; Simon K. Awala; Pamwenafye I. Nanhapo; Anton Wanga; Osmund D. Mwandemele
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Short-term evaluation of oxygen transfer from rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i>) to mixed planted drought-adapted upland crops under hydroponic culture

Plant Production Science
2017-10-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/1343943x.2017.1379882
Part of ISSN: 1343-943X
Part of ISSN: 1349-1008
Contributors: Morio Iijima; Yoshihiro Hirooka; Yoshimasa Kawato; Yoshinori Watanabe; Kaede C. Wada; Nodoka Shinohara; Pamwenafye I. Nanhapo; Maliata A. Wanga; Koji Yamane
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Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for South African journal of botany. (2)
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