Regional Heritability Mapping Provides Insights into Dry Matter Content in African White and Yellow Cassava Populations

The HarvestPlus program for cassava ( Crantz) fortifies cassava with β-carotene by breeding for carotene-rich tubers (yellow cassava). However, a negative correlation between yellowness and dry matter (DM) content has been identified. We investigated the genetic control of DM in white and yellow cas...

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Main Authors: Uche Godfrey Okeke, Deniz Akdemir, Ismail Rabbi, Peter Kulakow, Jean-Luc Jannink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-03-01
Series:The Plant Genome
Online Access:https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/tpg/articles/11/1/170050