Subject: Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

27. Selection of sweetpotato with high protein and/or low trypsin inhibitor activity [pdf 33Kb]
Toyama J., Yoshimoto M. and Yamakawa O.
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32. In-vitro plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis and multiple shoot production in an elite ginger cultivar [pdf 28Kb]
Tarafdar J., Basu A., Nayak P. and Sen S.K.
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36. Review of cassava variety development for specific characteristics in Malaysia.
Tan S.L.

45. Towards identifying the full set of genes involved in post-harvest physiological deterioration in cassava. [pdf 50Kb]
Reilly K., Diego Cortés, Rocío Gómez-Vásquez, Tohme J., Beeching J.
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51. Yam production in Ghana: To stake or not to stake - A plant breeding perspective. [pdf 35Kb]
Otoo E., Ennin S.A. and Ekpe E.O.
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56. Production of amylose-free sweetpotato plants by RNAi. [pdf 26Kb]
Otani M., Hamada T. and Shimada T. 
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60. Breeding efforts to develop high-yielding, multiple pest-resistant sweetpotato germplasm in Uganda. [pdf 109Kb]
Mwanga R.O.M., Niringiye C., Lemaga B., Kapinga R., Yencho G.C. and Odongo B.

72. Advances in yam (Dioscorea spp.) genetics and genomics. [pdf 49Kb]
Mignouna H.D., Abang and Asiedu R.
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82. Sweetpotato crop improvement in sub-Saharan Africa and future challenges. [pdf 54Kb]
Kapinga R., Zhang D., Lemaga B., Andrade M., Mwanga R., Laurie S., Ndoho P. and Kanju E.

95. Breeding cassava for brown streak resistance: Regional cassava variety development strategy based on farmer and consumer preferences. [pdf 37Kb]
Kanju E.E., Masumba E.,Masawe M., Tollano S., Muli, B., Zacarias, A., Mahungu N., Khizzah B., Whyte J. and Dixon A.
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102. The use of doubled-haploids in cassava breeding [pdf 35Kb]
Hernán Ceballos, Martin Fregene and Juan Carlos Pérez
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109. Molecular markers as a tool for participatory cassava breeding. [pdf 94Kb]
Gullberg U., Mkumbira J., Chiwona-Karltun L. and Lagercrantz U.
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124 Development of virus resistant sweetpotato using biotechnological approaches in Kenya. [pdf 28Kb]
Gichuki S.T., Nangayo F., Machuka J., Njagi I., Macharia C., Odhiambo B., Irungu J and Ndolo P.J.
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129 Assessment of genetic diversity, farmer participatory breeding, and sustainable conservation of Eastern African sweetpotato. [pdf 36Kb]
Gichuki S.T., Kapinga R., Villordon A., Kulembeka H., Jeremiah S.C. and Ndolo P.J.
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136 Development of a web-accessible GIS database of sweetpotato germplasm for East Africa. [pdf 266Kb]
Gichuki S., Mwanga R., LaBonte D., Burg K., Zhang D. and Villordon A.
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139 Farmer to farmer cassava varietal selection and breeding: The Domasi experience. [pdf 28Kb]
Chilimba V.H., Katundu C., Chiphungu F., Mkumbira J., Jiggins J. and Chiwona-Karltun L.
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144 Genotype by environment interaction (GXE) for native cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) starch quality and its use in the commercial sector. [pdf 64Kb]
Benesi I.R.M., Labuschagne M.T., Dixon A.G.O and Mahungu N.M.
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158 The status of sweetpotato improvement and promotion in Nigeria. [pdf 26Kb]
Akoroda M.O., Edebiri, Egeonu I.N., Bello Z.A. and Yahaya K.M.