Genetic diversity of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) landraces and cultivars from southern, eastern and central Africa

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-181

  Kawuki, R S ^a,b,c   Herselman, L ^b   Labuschagne, M T ^b   Nzuki, I ^c,d   Ralimanana, I ^e   Bidiaka, M ^f   Kanyange, M C ^g   Gashaka, G ^g   Masumba, E ^h   Mkamilo, G ^h   Gethi, J ⁱ   Wanjala, B ⁱ   Zacarias, A ^j   Madabula, F ^j   Ferguson, M E ^c  

^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 International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

^e Fofifa/DRA   (Madagascar)

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

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

^h Naliendele Agricultural Research Institute   (Tanzania)

ⁱ KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^j Mozambique Agricultural Research Institute (IIAM)   (Mozambique)

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Author keywords

Africa; cassava; genetic differentiation; genetic diversity; Manihot esculenta Crantz; simple sequence repeats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879974769     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262113000014     Document Type: Article

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