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Identification of additional /novel QTL associated with resistance to cassava green mite in a biparental mapping population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Ezenwaka Lydia, Rabbi Ismail, Onyeka Joseph, Kulakow Peter, Egesi Chiedozie
Abstract excerpt
Cassava green mite [CGM, Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar)] is the most destructive dry-season pest in most cassava production areas. The pest is responsible for cassava fresh root yield losses of over 80%. Deployment of CGM resistant cultivars is the most cost-effective and sustainable approach of alleviating such production losses. The purposes of this study were to validate the stability of CGM resistance genes...
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