IITA's research in breeding cassava and sweet potato for resistance to pests and diseases of major economic importance in Africa is discussed under the headings: breeding cassava for resistance to pests (cassava green spider mite (Mononychellus progresivus and M. tanajoa) and cassava mealybug (Ph...
Hahn, S.K.
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Caveness, F.E.
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Lema, K.M.
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Theberge, R.L.
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[Breeding cassava and sweet potato for pest and disease resistance in Africa]
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Breeding cassava and sweet potato for pest and disease resistance in Africa
Dodo, H.W.
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Hill, W.A.
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Mulongoy, K.
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Adeyeye, S.O.
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Hahn, S.K.
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[Population of nitrogenfixing bacteria in sweet potato fibrous roots]
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Population of nitrogenfixing bacteria in sweet potato fibrous roots
The breeding objectives in the Root and Tuber Improvement Programme of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) were laid down. Basic considerations in cassava breeding were reviewed and discussed. The paper attempts to produce a cassava breeding system applicable on a world-wid...
Expose des objectifs du Programme de Selection et d'Amelioration des Plantes a Racine et a Tubercule a I'lnstitut International d'Agriculture Tropicale (IITA). Examen critique des problemes fondamentaux de la selection et de I'amelioration du manioc et tentative de formulation d'un systeme de sel...
Se establecieron los objetivos de hibridacion del Programa de Mejoramiemo de Raices y Tuberculos del Instituto de Agricultura Tropical (IITA). Se discutieron las consideraciones basicas del mejoramiento genthico en yuca. EI reporte intenta producir un sistema de hibridacion que sea aplicable sobr...
Hahn, S.K.
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Howland, A.K.
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Terry, Eugene R.
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[Cassava breeding at IITA: Conference Proceedings of the Third Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops held at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria, 29 December, 1973]
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Cassava breeding at IITA: Conference Proceedings of the Third Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops held at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria, 29 December, 1973
The constraint to the production of the root and tuber crops, cassava, yams and sweet potato in Nigeria and Africa were stated. Breeding methods most appropriate to these crops were discussed in terms of mating systems, creation of source populations, selection, and use of selections. Intervariet...