Yams (Dioscorea species of family Dioscoreaceae) are important for food, income, and sociocultural activities especially in West and Central Africa and account for about 93% of the world’s annual production of 38 million tonnes. Breeding of yams is focused primarily on the two dominant species, D...
Balogun, M.
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Maroya, N.
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Taiwo, J.
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Ossai, C.
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Ajayi, A.
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Kumar, P.L.
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Pelemo, O.
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Aighewi, B.A.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Clean breeder seed yam tuber production using temporary immersion bioreactors]
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Clean breeder seed yam tuber production using temporary immersion bioreactors
Nweke, F.I.
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Dixon, A.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Folayan, S.
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[Cassava varietal needs of farmers and the potential for production growth in Africa: COSCA working paper, No. 10]
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Cassava varietal needs of farmers and the potential for production growth in Africa: COSCA working paper, No. 10
Inadequate availability of disease-free planting materials remains a major constraint to yam production.
The tissue culture technique has been used to regenerate disease-free plantlets from pre-formed, heattreated
meristems followed by micropropagation. This procedure, however, has a low multipli...
Ossai, C.
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Balogun, M.
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Maroya, N.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Development of micropropagation system for yam (Dioscorea spp.) using somatic embryogenesis]
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Development of micropropagation system for yam (Dioscorea spp.) using somatic embryogenesis
Cassava has long been expected to play a key role in rural economic growth in Africa, but has it happened yet? Although research partnerships have produced elite cassava varieties with 50% more yield potential and have demonstrated
technologies to improve processing and increase marketing of cass...
James, B.D.
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Bramel-Cox, P.J.
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Witte, E.R.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Watson, D.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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[Unleashing the power of cassava in Africa…are we there yet?]
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Unleashing the power of cassava in Africa…are we there yet?