Although cassava is a major food crop, its scientific breeding began only recently compared with other crops. Significant progress has been achieved, particularly in Asia where cassava is used mainly for industrial processes and no major biotic constraints affect its productivity. Cassava breedin...
Ceballos, H.
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Iglesias, C.
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Pérez, J.
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Dixon, A.
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[Cassava breeding: opportunities and challenges]
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Cassava breeding: opportunities and challenges
One of the objectives of the cassava-breeding project at CIAT is the identification of clones with special root quality characteristics. A large number of self-pollinations have been made in search of useful recessive traits. During 2006 harvests an S1 plant produced roots that stained brownish-r...
Ceballos, H.
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Sánchez, T.
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Morante, N
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Fregene, Martin A.
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Dufour, D.L.
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Smith, A.M.
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Denyer, K
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Pérez Velásquez, Juan Carlos
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Calle, F
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Mestres, C
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[Discovery of an amylose-free starch mutant in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)]
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Discovery of an amylose-free starch mutant in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
The economies of many Latin American countries have opened up to the global markets in recent years. These changes have had drastic effects on the agriculture of those countries. For instance, whereas Colombia did not import maize in 1990, ten years later it was importing more that 2 million tonn...
Cassava is probably the most efficient producer of carbohydrate per unit land area under tropical conditions. The high productivity of cassava makes it an attractive source of renewable industrial raw material, provided ways are found to reduce production costs and solve constraints. Cassava has ...
Fregene, Martin A.
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Ceballos, H.
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Roca, William M.
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Okogbenin, Emmanuel
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Akano, A.
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Mba, Chikelu
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Chavarriaga Aguirre, Paul
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Tohme, Joseph M.
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Ospina Patiño, Bernardo
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[Cassava biotechnology research at CIAT/Colombia]
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Cassava biotechnology research at CIAT/Colombia
Pérez Velásquez, Juan Carlos
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Ceballos, H.
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Calle, F
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Morante, N
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Lenis, Jorge I.
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[Basic concepts of quantitative genetics]
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Basic concepts of quantitative genetics
Checa Coral, Oscar E.
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Ceballos, H.
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Blair, Matthew W.
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[Inheritance of plant height, internode length and branch number in climbing common bean populations (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)]
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Inheritance of plant height, internode length and branch number in climbing common bean populations (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Cassava is a key food security staple and a competitive feedstock for multiple industrial processes and end uses. Farmers grow hybrids which are reproduced vegetatively. Several programs have used the same breeding scheme for the last 40 years. Significant progress has been made, particularly wit...
Ceballos, H.
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Fregene, Martin A.
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Lentini, Zaida
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Sánchez, Teresa
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Puentes Páramo, Yina Jazbleidi
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Pérez Velásquez, Juan Carlos
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Rosero, Elvia Amparo
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Tofiño Rivera, Adriana Patricia
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[Development and identification of high-value cassava clones]
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Development and identification of high-value cassava clones