People in vast areas of the tropics suffer from vitamin A deficiency, resulting in progressive eye damage and eventually leading to blindness. Improving the content of vitamin A precursors in staple crops could alleviate or solve such a problem. The objective of this work was to study the range o...
Iglesias, C.A.
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Mayer, Jorge Edgard
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Chavez, L.
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Calle, F
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[Genetic potential and stability of carotene content in cassava roots]
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Genetic potential and stability of carotene content in cassava roots
The gene pools for breeding cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Africa currently contain only a fraction of the existing genetic variation found in Latin America where the crop originates. Our research aimed to broaden the genetic base in Africa by introducing Latin American (LA) germplasm. The...
Okogbenin, Emmanuel
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Porto, M.C.M.
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Egesi, Chiedozie N.
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Mba, C
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Espinosa, E.
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Santos Melendez, LG
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Ospina, C.
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Marin, JA
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Barrera Sabogal, E
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Gutiérrez A., Janeth Patricia
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Ekanayake, I.J.
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Iglesias, C.A.
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Fregene, Martin A.
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[Marker-assisted introgression of resistance to cassava mosaic disease into Latin American germplasm for the genetic improvement of cassava in Africa]
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Marker-assisted introgression of resistance to cassava mosaic disease into Latin American germplasm for the genetic improvement of cassava in Africa
The cassava core collection was selected to represent, with minimum repetitiveness, the potential genetic diversity of the crop. The core (630 accessions) was chosen from the base collection (over 5500 accessions) on the basis of diversity of origin (country and geographic), morphology, isozyme p...
Chavarriaga Aguirre, Paul
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Maya, M.M.
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Tohme, Joseph M.
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Duque E., Myriam Cristina
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Iglesias, C.A.
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Bonierbale, Merideth W.
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Kresovich, S
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Kochert, G
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[Using microsatellites, isozymes and AFLPs to evaluate genetic diversity and redundancy in the cassava core collection and to assess the usefulness of DNA-BASED markers to maintain germplasm collections]
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Using microsatellites, isozymes and AFLPs to evaluate genetic diversity and redundancy in the cassava core collection and to assess the usefulness of DNA-BASED markers to maintain germplasm collections
In large ex situ germplasm collections, such as that maintained at CIAT for cassava, it is common to observe duplicates. The presence of duplicate clones increases the cost of conservation without contributing to representation or the available genetic base for crop improvement. To identify group...
Ocampo Nahar, César H.
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Angel, F.
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Jiménez, A.
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Jaramillo O, G
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Hershey, Clair H.
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Granados F, E
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Iglesias, C.A.
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[DNA fingerprinting to confirm possible genetic duplicates in cassava germplasm]
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DNA fingerprinting to confirm possible genetic duplicates in cassava germplasm
Esterase isozymes were chosen for fingerprinting CIAT`s cassava germplasm colleciton, because of (1) their technical repeatability; (2) high polymorphism (i.e., many alleles per locus); and (3) high numner of bands detectable in cassava clones (i.e., at least a few loci are expressed). A total of...
Ocampo Nahar, César H.
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Hershey, Clair H.
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Iglesias, C.A.
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Iwanaga, Masaru
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[Esterase isozyme fingerprinting of the cassava germplasm collection held at CIAT]
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Esterase isozyme fingerprinting of the cassava germplasm collection held at CIAT