Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Cassava, a tropical storage-root crop, is a major source of food security for millions in the tropics. Cassava breeding, however, is hindered by the poor development of flowers and a low ratio of female flowers to male flowers.
Deborah Oluwasanya +5 more
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Highre-solution linkage map and chromosome-scale genome assembly for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) from 10 populations [PDF]
, 2016 Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a major staple crop in Africa, Asia, and South America, and its starchy roots provide nourishment for 800 million people worldwide.
International Cassava Genetic Map Consortium
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Cost reduction and quality enhancement in passion fruit seedlings using alternative substrate
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2021 Obtaining vigorous, quality seedlings is a complex task because it involves multiple physical, chemical and biological factors, with the substrate being a fundamental of this process.
Luana Nascimento da Silva +3 more
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Effect of cassava chips on quality of silage from fresh forage sorghum plus Cavalcade forage legume hay mixtures [PDF]
, 2014 Readers are free to share (to copy, distribute and transmit) and to remix (to adapt) the work under the conditions of Attribution, Noncommercial, and Share Alike (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)Two experiments investigated the ...
Higgs, David Edward Barry +2 more
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International Journal of Agronomy, 2012 Twenty-one yellow-fleshed cassava genotypes were evaluated over two years in five major cassava growing agroecological zones in Nigeria. The trials were established in a randomized complete block design with four replications to assess genotype ...
Norbert G. Maroya +3 more
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Insects, 2022 Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) caused by Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV), has rapidly spread in Southeast Asia (SEA) since 2016. Recently it has been documented in Lao PDR. Previous reports have identified whitefly species of B. tabaci as potential
Ana M. Leiva +9 more
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Genetic Merit of Parents and Heterosis in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
HorticulturaeCassava breeders are led to discard plants before evaluating families, failing to obtain important information, such as the genetic merit of the parents.
Vanderlei da Silva Santos +3 more
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Genomic prediction and quantitative trait locus discovery in a cassava training population constructed from multiple breeding stages [PDF]
, 2020 Open Access Article; Published online: 11 Dec 2019Assembly of a training population (TP) is an important component of effective genomic selection‐based breeding programs.
Egesi, C. +11 more
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Agro-waste: a potential fermentation substrate for Penicillium chrysogenum [PDF]
, 2009 Common agro-wastes found in Lagos, Nigeria (cassava shavings, corncob, sawdust, and sugarcane pulp) were compared with glucose and lactose as fermentation substrates for Penicillium chrysogenum PCL501.
Chinedu, S. N. +3 more
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Unsuccessful Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) evaluation attempts in western Democratic Republic of Congo and implications with cassava root necrosis disease (CRND) etiology [PDF]
, 2020 Open Access ArticleCassava brown streak disease (CBSD) is the second most important virus disease after Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), infecting cassava (ManihotesculetaCrantz) in Africa. The disease is caused by two distinct viruses, Cassava brown streak
Bakelana, Z. +7 more
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