Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is recognized as one of the most important staple food crops for more than 3.5 billion people in the world, accounting for more than half of human calories intake globally. The devastation caused by drought is one of the most important abiotic stress affect...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2025/v10i2366
Unavailability of germplasm with Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) tolerance genes remains the main bottleneck towards management of the two diseases in tropic and sub-tropic regions in Africa. We assessed the pathogenicity of two viruses and es...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2023/v27i6701
Aims: For an effective potato breeding strategy, knowledge of the genetic parameters of traits, such as heritabilities and genetic correlations are essential, hence the need to assess the genetic variability estimates of yield-related traits in Irish potato mutants Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/44850
Aims: Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is ranked fourth amongst the world’s major stable food crop and second in Kenya after maize and thus plays a vital role in food and nutrition security and sustainable development. Despite its importance, potato production in Kenya is still low...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2024/v9i1259
Emmy Chepkoech, Miriam G. Kinyua, Oliver Kiplagat, Julius Ochuodho, Souleymane Bado, Zachary Kinyua, Stephen Kimno & Michael Chelulei·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2019
Aims: Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the most important staple food in the world and plays an important role in food and nutritional security. Induced mutation generates variation within potato germplasm to widen the genetic base for breeding purposes. Polyploidy modifies both...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v4i330076