Agronomic traits and tuber quality attributes of farmer grown cassava landraces in Nigeria

Journal of Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 9-13

  Raji, A A ^a   Ladeinde, T A O ^b   Dixon, A G O ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Cassava germplasm; Cyanogenic potential; Mealiness

Indexed keywords

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 38949100464     PISSN: 0971636X     EISSN: 09735399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Ceballos, H., Iglesias, C.A., Perez, J.C., and Dixon, A.G.O. 2004. Cassava breeding: opportunities and challenges. Plant Mol. Biol., 56: 503-516.
2. Chávez, A.L., Sánchez, T., Jaramillo, G., Bedoya, J.M., Echeverry, J., Bolaños, A., Ceballos, H., and Iglesias, C. A. 2005. Variation of quality traits in cassava roots evaluated in landraces and improved clones. Euphytica, 143: 125-133.
3. Cooke, R.D. 1978. An enzymatic assay for the total cyanide content of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). J. Sci. Fd. Agric., 29: 299-306.
4. Coursey, D.G. and Haynes, P.H., 1970. Root crops and their potential as food in the tropics. World Crops, 261-265.
5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), 2002. Partnership formed to improve cassava, staple food of 600 million people. http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/news/2002/10541-en.html (last accessed February 2007).
6. Jagtap, S.S., Alabi, R.T., Roberts, A.B.C., and Adeleye, O. 1994. IITA Weather Bulletin. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria, 90p.
7. Melifonwu, A., James, B., Aihou, K., Weise, S., Awah, E., and Gbaguidi, B. 2000. Manual weed control in cassava farms: IPM field guide for extension agents. IITA, Cotonou, Benin, 28p.
8. Mignouna, H.D. and Dixon, A.G.O. 1997. Genetic relationships among cassava clones with varying levels of resistance to African mosaic disease using RAPD markers. African J Roots Tuber Crops, 2: 28-32.
9. Nassar, N.M.A. and Ortiz, R. 2007. Cassava improvement: challenges and impacts. J. Agric. Sci., 145: 163-171.
10. Raji, A. 2003. Assessment of genetic diversity and heterotic relationships in African improved and local cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) germplasm. PhD Thesis, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 218p.
11. SAS 2004. SAS Institute user's guide: Statistics, version 9.0. SAS Institute Inc, Cary, North Carolina, USA, 1028p.