Genetic diversity and variety composition of cassava on small-scale farms in Uganda: An interdisciplinary study using genetic markers and farmer interviews

Genetica

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-318

  Balyejusa Kizito, Elizabeth ^a,b   Chiwona Karltun, Linley ^a   Egwang, Thomas ^b   Fregene, Martin ^c   Westerbergh, Anna ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Med Biotech Laboratories Uganda   (Uganda)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cassava varieties; Crop evolution; Farmers' management; Genetic differentiation; Manihot esculenta; Morphological variation; Small scale farmers; SSR markers; Traditional farming system

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASSAVA; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UGANDA;

AFRICA; ALLELES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MANIHOT; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 34250359329     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-006-9107-4     Document Type: Article

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