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Fast track participatory approach to release of elite cassava genotypes for various uses in Nigeria's cassava economy

2008-03-01

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The aim of the Integrated Cassava Project (ICP) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture was to pre-emptively manage the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) to avert an imminent and increasing possible threat of the Ugandan strain of the CMD virus of the pathogen from doing damage to the Nigerian cassava economy. The strategy was to engage in activities that would lead to cultivar-substitution by replacing...

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DOI: 10.1007/s10681-007-9487-2

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