Genetic Improvement of African Crops

Abstracts Home Research in Genetic Improvement of Cassava

Production and identification of high-value cassava clones

H. Ceballos, M. Fregene, J.C. Perez, F. Calle, G. Jaramillo, N. Morante, T. Sanchez, A.L. Chavez, X. Moreno

International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Colombia

Molecular marker-assisted selection for starchy staples

M. Fregene, A. Kullaya, K. Mtunda, H. Kulembeka, E. Masumba, M. Ferguson, C. Ospina, E.J. Marin, L.G. Santos, E. Barrera, N. Morante, J. Tohme, H. Ceballos

International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Colombia

The Cassava Improvement Program in Mozambique

A.M. Zacarias, C.E. Cuambe

Progress in breeding cassava for resistance to brown streak disease in the coastal lowlands of eastern and southern Africa

E.E. Kanju, M. Hermes, H. Saleh, A. Zacarias, J. Gethi, J.A. Whyte

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Tanzania

Progress in positional cloning of CMD2: the gene that confers a high level of resistance to cassava mosaic disease

M. Moreno, J. Tomkins, O. A. Ariyo, O. Okogbenin, M. Fregene

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Genetic diversity of germplasm susceptible and resistant to cassava brown streak disease

H.P. Kulembeka, A. Kullaya, E. Masumba, M. Labuschagne, M. Ferguson, M. Fregene

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Tanzania

Cassava improvement in Uganda through applying biotechnology tools and in-breeding

R.O.M. Mwanga, Y.K. Baguma, R.S. Kawuki, A. Pariyo, T. Alicai, C.A. Omongo, G.N. Ssemakula, A. Bua

National Agricultural Research Organisation / Namulonge Agric Research Institute, Uganda

Successful mitigation of virulent form of cassava mosaic virus in western Kenya

H.M. Obiero, P.J. Ndolo, J.A.B. Whyte, P. Ntawuruhunga, J. DeVries

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute / Kakamega Regional Research Centre, Kenya

Accelerated development and dissemination of superior cassava cultivars on-farm testing of improved cassava clones

J.G. Gethi, C.K. Mutegi, E.N. Wambugu, P. Ndetei, S. Weru, C. Katama

Infectivity of cloned cassava mosaic viruses on cassava: a potential tool in virus resistance screening compared to the conventional approach

O.A. Ariyo, G.I. Atiri, A.G.O. Dixon, M. Koerbler, S. Winter

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture/Cassava project, Nigeria

Breeding for root yield and quality traits in cassava

J. Mkumbira, R. Okechukwu, A.G.O. Dixon

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria

Metabolic engineering of cyanogenesis in cassava

D. Siritunga, R.T. Sayre

Dept of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology-Ohio State University, USA

Modification of flowering in cassava

S. Davis,J. Tohme, M. Fregene

Dept of Plant Developmental Biology / Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany