Embryo rescue as a method to develop and multiply a backcross population of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) from an interspecific cross of Manihot esculenta ssp. flabellifolia

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 42, 2010, Pages 7058-7062

  Akinbo, O ^a,b   Labuschagne, M ^b   Fregene, M ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Backcross population; Cassava; Embryonic axes; Flabellifolia; Interspecific

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BACKCROSSING; CASSAVA; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO RESCUE; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 78049476932     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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