Variation in qualitative and quantitative traits of cassava germplasm from selected national breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa

Field Crops Research

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-156

  Kawuki, R S ^a,b   Ferguson, M ^c   Labuschagne, M T ^b   Herselman, L ^b   Orone, J ^a   Ralimanana, I ^d   Bidiaka, M ^e   Lukombo, S ^e   Kanyange, M C ^f   Gashaka, G ^f   Mkamilo, G ^g   Gethi, J ^h   Obiero, H ^h  

^a National Crops Resources Research Institute NaCRRI   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Kenya)

^d Fofifa/DRA   (Madagascar)

^e Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomique (INERA)   (Congo)

^f Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda ISAR   (Rwanda)

^g Naliendele Agricultural Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^h KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cassava; Leaf longevity; Morphology; Phenotype diversity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; LEAF; LONGEVITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; ROOT SYSTEM; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 79955391308     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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