Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a staple food for over 600 million people in the tropics and sub-tropics and is increasingly used as an industrial crop for starch production. Cassava has a high growth rate under optimal conditions but also performs well in drought-prone areas and on margina...
Lokko, Y.
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Anderson, J.
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Rudd, S.
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Raji, A.
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Horvath, D.
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Mikel, M.A.
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Kim, R.
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Liu, L.
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Hernández, A.
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Dixon, A.
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Ingelbrecht, I.L.
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[Characterization of an 18,166 EST dataset for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) enriched for drought responsive genes]
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Characterization of an 18,166 EST dataset for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) enriched for drought responsive genes
Some genetic studies using molecular methods such as diversity assessment or marker-assisted selection require collection of a large number of samples from fields located in the vicinity or in remote areas, followed by isolation of good quality DNA in a short time span. In the present study, diff...
Bhattacharjee, R.
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Ferguson, M.
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Gedil, M.
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Dumet, D.
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Ingelbrecht, I.L.
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[Field collection,preservation and large scale DNA extraction procedures for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.)]
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Field collection,preservation and large scale DNA extraction procedures for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.)
The study described a T-DNA vectorwith a Cassava veinmosaic virus promoter cassette (pCsVMV) and a kanamycin
selectable marker gene driven by the 35S Cauliflower mosaic virus promoter with a view to stably express
transgenes over repeated cycles of clonal propagation. A ?-glucuronidase reporter g...
Despite its relatively recent introduction to Africa, cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) has become a major food crop adapted to a wide range of agro-ecologies that is grown by millions of small-holding farmers of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), owing to its remarkable tolerance to an array of biotic a...
Gedil, M.
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Kolade, F.
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Raji, A.
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Ingelbrecht, I.L.
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Dixon, A.
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[Development of molecular genomic tools for verification of intergeneric hybrids between castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) and cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)]
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Development of molecular genomic tools for verification of intergeneric hybrids between castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) and cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)