Yams are staples in West Africa. They are propagated from tubers in an informal seed system. This encourages a build-up of diseases, and necessitates the rapid development of a formal seed system where certified seeds are functional. Although few reports exist on the use of meristem culture to ge...
Balogun, M.
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Maroya, N.
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Augusto, J.
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Ajayi, A.
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Kumar, P.L.
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Aighewi, B.A.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Relative efficiency of positive selection and tissue culture for generating pathogen-free planting materials of yam (Dioscorea spp.)]
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Relative efficiency of positive selection and tissue culture for generating pathogen-free planting materials of yam (Dioscorea spp.)
Water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) is the most widely cultivated yam species globally. The major limitation to the profitable and sustainable production of D. alata is its susceptibility to anthracnose disease. The availability of resistant varieties could potentially form the cornerstone of an integ...
Abang, Mathew M.
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Winter, S.
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Mignouna, H.D.
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Green, K.R.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Molecular taxonomic, epidemiological and population genetic approaches to understanding yam anthracnose disease]
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Molecular taxonomic, epidemiological and population genetic approaches to understanding yam anthracnose disease
Yam production is constrained by scarcity of clean seed, pests, diseases and low soil fertility in the informal seed system, which is still operational, causing up to 90% yield losses. Although meristem culture can be effective for producing healthy seed yam, its use is limited by slow rate of re...
Balogun, M.
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Maroya, N.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Status and prospects for improving yam seed systems using temporary immersion bioreactors]
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Status and prospects for improving yam seed systems using temporary immersion bioreactors
The genetic diversity of 219 accessions of Guinea yam germplasm from Benin, Congo, Côte d’ Ivoire,Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo was accessed using 15 microsatelliteloci. High diversity of 0.677 was found among the accessions. An allelic average of 8.06 andpolymor...
The genus Dioscorea is considered to be one of the most difficult groups for cyto-taxonomic studies because of the large number and small size of the chromosomes. The objective of the present study was to develop an efficient method of chromosome observation by identifying the optimum time for co...
Babil, P.K.
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Kikuno, H.
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Shiwachi, H.
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Toyohara, H.
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Fujigaki, J.
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Fujimaki, H.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Optimum time for collection of root samples for chromosome observation in yams (Dioscorea spp.)]
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Optimum time for collection of root samples for chromosome observation in yams (Dioscorea spp.)
The response of yam (Dioscorea) cultivars to artificial and natural infections with minisett rot pathogens was investigated. None of the 20 yam cultivars were resistant to Sclerotium rolfsii [Corticium rolfsii] or Trichoderma longibrachyatum. Cultivars TDa 84/093, 85/236, 85/257, TDr 608, 745, 81...
Osai, E.O.
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Ikotun, T.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Hahn, S.K.
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[Susceptibility of yam cultivars to minisett rot pathogens]
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Susceptibility of yam cultivars to minisett rot pathogens
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
Mignouna, B.D.
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Maroya, N.
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Aighewi, B.A.
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Kumar, L.
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Akinribido, B.
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Ikeorgu, J.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Akinola, Adebayo A.
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Alene, A.D.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Asiedu, Robert
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[Impact assessment report of YIIFSWA project: raising household income, improving food security and reducing poverty in Nigeria]
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Impact assessment report of YIIFSWA project: raising household income, improving food security and reducing poverty in Nigeria