Ten new cassava genotypes selected for high yield and tolerance to some biotic stresses were evaluated alongside the local best, Otupam and ‘TMS 30572\' (a widely cultivated hybrid genotype, as an improved check) for two cropping seasons with a view to obtaining suitable genotype(s) that could be...
Baiyeri, K.P.
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Edibo, G.O.
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Obi, I.U.
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Ogbe, F.O.
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Egesi, Chiedozie N.
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Eke-Okoro, O.N.
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Okogbenin, Emmanuel
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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[Growth, yield and disease responses of 12 cassava genotypes evaluated for two cropping seasons in a derived savannah zone of southeastern Nigeria]
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Growth, yield and disease responses of 12 cassava genotypes evaluated for two cropping seasons in a derived savannah zone of southeastern Nigeria
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is crucial for both
food security and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Cassava improvement for SSA started at the International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture in 1970, and several improved lines with different characteristics
have been develop...
Okechukwu, R.U.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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[Genetic gains from 30 years of cassava breeding in Nigeria for storage root yield and disease resistance in elite cassava genotypes]
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Genetic gains from 30 years of cassava breeding in Nigeria for storage root yield and disease resistance in elite cassava genotypes
The study evaluated the iron bioavailability and utilization in rats fed cassava-based complementary diets. Bioavailability and utilization were
determined in Sprague-Dawley rats using the iron balance and hemoglobin depletion-repletion methods in a 6 x 8 randomized block design. Rats
were deplet...
Onabanjo, O.O.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Oguntona, C.R.
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Olayiwola, I.O.
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Oguntona, B.E.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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[Iron bioavailability and utilization in rots fed cassava based complementary diets]
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Iron bioavailability and utilization in rots fed cassava based complementary diets
Eleven Nigerian cassava landraces with desirable pest and disease resistance were evaluated for 18 agronomic and tuber quality traits along with two popularly grown cultivars including an improved genotype. The improved cultivar TMS 30572 gave the highest yield, but had certain undesirable qualit...
Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) caused by African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) and East African cassava mosaic Cameroon virus (EACMCV) is the major constraint to cassava production in Nigeria. Sequences of the DNA-A component of ACMV and EACMCV isolates from leguminous plant species (Senna occidental...
Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is a widespread viral disease that causes high yield losses in susceptible genotypes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Effective control of CMD is beneficial and justifiable since cassava is an important source of carbohydrates for over 200 million people in most African countri...
Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Ogbe, F.O.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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[Cassava mosaic disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: a feasible solution for an unsolved problem]
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Cassava mosaic disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: a feasible solution for an unsolved problem
Objective: Cassava is a crop with largely unexplored and unexplained potentially valuable genetic variability. This study aimed to investigate interrelationship between factors that control cassava yield. Methodology and results: Fourteen quantitative characteristics were assessed in ten cassava ...
Cyanide a by-product from cyanogenic glucosides is toxic to humans and most living organisms due to its ability of binding to metals such as iron, zinc and copper functional groups of the ligands of most bio enzymes. The cyanide inhibits the reduction of oxygen in the respiratory electron transfe...
Fokunang, C.N.
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Tomkins, P.T.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Tembe-Fokunang, E.A.
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Salwa, B.
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Nukenine, E.N.
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Horan, I.
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[Cyanogenic potential in food crops and its implication in cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz) production]
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Cyanogenic potential in food crops and its implication in cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz) production
To determine the occurrence of variants of African cassava mosaic virus, 316 cassava leaf samples were collected from mosaic-affected cassava plants in 254 farmers. fields in 1997 and 1998, covering the humid forest, coastal/derived, southern Guinea and northern Guinea savannas and arid and semi-...
Ogbe, F.O.
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Atiri, G.I.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Thottappilly, G.
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[Serological and biological variations of African cassava mosaic virus in Nigeria]
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Serological and biological variations of African cassava mosaic virus in Nigeria
The consequence of harvesting young leaves of cassava as vegetable on the vulnerability of the crop to cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and on storage root yield was investigated using 30 cassava genotypes planted in IITA fields located in the humid forest (Port Harcourt : Onne), forest-savannah tran...
Ariyo, O.A.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Atiri, G.I.
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[Cassava leaf harvesting as vegetables: a cause of vulnerability of cassava plants to cassava mosaic disease and eventual yield reduction]
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Cassava leaf harvesting as vegetables: a cause of vulnerability of cassava plants to cassava mosaic disease and eventual yield reduction