Proceedings Of The Ninth Symposium Of The International Society For Tropical Root Crops

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ISBN 13 : 9789781310942
Total Pages : 531 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polyploid breeding of cassava; Interspecific hybridization in the genus Manihot- progress and prospects; Correlated response and use of selection index in cassava; An agroecologically-oriented introduction of cassava germaplasm from Latin America into Africa; Genotypic stability: analytical methods and implications for cassava breeding for low-input agriculture; Yield stability parameters for comparing cassava varieties; Genotype x environment interaction studies with cassava; Cassava breeding at CIAT: heritability estimates and genetic progress in the 1980s; The cassava seed: research for a production alternative; Germination of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) pollen; Screening cassava cultivars for resistance to the cassava anthracnose disease (CAD); Les pourridies du manioc au Congo: premiere evaluation des degast sur le manioc et identification des agents patogenes; A comparison of cyanide accumulation, leaf retention and linamarase activity of cassava varieties during water stress; Intercrop yields of cassava and rice as influenced by cassava variety and population; Productivity of cassava-rice intercrop as influenced by cassava variety and time of introducing rice into cassava; Amendements calcaires dynamique du phosphore et nutrition phosphorique du riz et du manioc dans les sols acides du Congo; Productivity of Nigeria's elite cassava cultivars grown in mixtures with contrasting maize genotyopes; A survey of cassava cultivation practices in Ghana; Contribution a l'etude du manioc pigmentation jaune.