Original Article
Bulking Rate of Pro-Vitamin A Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Genotypes and the Effect of Locations on Root Yield Parameters at Southern Guinea Savannah and Forest Transition Agroecological Zone of Nigeria
Year: 2022 | Month: June | Volume 15 | Issue 2
1.Adetoro, N.A, Oworu, O.O., Nassir, A.L., Bello, A, Parkes, E, Ogunbayo, S.A., Akinwale, M.G., Aina, O.O., Afolabi, A., Iluebbey, P. et al. 2021. Evaluation of improved cassava genotypes for yield and related traits for a better breeding strategy under different agroecologies in Nigeria. Euphytica., 217: 73. 2021.
View at Google Scholar2.Adu-Gyamfi, R., Osei, C. and Anadumba, E. 2016. Yield and Earliness in Bulking of Some Introduced Cassava Genotypes Under Moist Savanna UDS Int. J. of Dev., 3: 20-28. B 2016.
View at Google Scholar3.Adjebeng-Danquah,J., E.G. Vernon, S.K. Offei, I.K, Asante, and Joseph Manu-Aduening. 2016. Genetic variability in storage root bulking of cassava genotypes under irrigation and no irrigation”, Agriculture & Food Security, 5: 9.
View at Google Scholar4.Ainsworth, E.A. and Bush, D.R. 2011. Carbohydrate export from the leaf: a highly regulated process and target to enhance photosynthesis and productivity. Plant Physiol., 155: 64–69.2011.
View at Google Scholar5.Akinwale, M.G., Akinyele, B.O., Odiyi, A.C. and Dixon, A.G.O. 2011. Genotype by environment interaction and yield performance of 43 improved cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) genotypes at three agro-climatic zones in Nigeria. Br. Biotechnol. J., 1: 68–84. 2011.
View at Google Scholar6.Alves, A.A.C. 2002. Cassava botany and physiology, In: R.J. Hillocks, J.M. Thresh and A.C. Bellotti. Eds. Cassava: biology, production, and utilization. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, United Kingdom, pp. 67-89.
View at Google Scholar7.Amelework, A.B., Bairu, M.W., Maema, O., Venter, S.L. and Laing, M. 2021. Adoption and Promotion of Resilient Crops for Climate Risk Mitigation and Import Substitution: A Case Analysis of Cassava for South African Agriculture. Front. Sustain. Food Syst., 5: 77-83.
View at Google Scholar8.Badewa, O.D., Gana, A.S., Tsado, E.K. and Tolorunse, K.D. 2020. Selection of Early Bulking Performance Among Pro Vitamin a Cassava Genotypes Based on Selective Indices of Fresh Storage Root Yield and Harvest Index. Int. J. of Gen. and Genomics., 8: 11-18. 2020.
View at Google Scholar9.Bararyenya, A., Tukamuhabwa, P., Gibson, P., Grüneberg, W., Ssali, R., Low, J., Odong, T., Ochwo-Ssemakula, M., Talwana, H., Mwila, N. and Mwanga, R. 2020. Continuous Storage Root Formation and Bulking in Sweetpotato. Gates Open Research, 3: 83.
View at Google Scholar10.Edvaldo, S., Vidiga, P.S., Filho, M., Pequeno, G., Gonçalves- Vidigal, M.C. and Kvitschal, M.V. 2008. Dry Matter Production and Distribution in three Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Cultivars During the Second Vegetative Plant Cycle. Bra. Archives of Biol. & Techno., 51: 1079-1087.
View at Google Scholar11.El-Sharkawy, M.A. 2004. Cassava biology and physiology. Plant Mol. Biol., 56: 481–501.
View at Google Scholar12.Gonzalez, C., Perez, S., Cardoso, C.E., Andrade, R. and Johnson, N. 2011. Analysis of diffusion strategies in Northeast Brazil for new cassava varieties with improved nutritional quality.” Exp. Agri., 47: 539–552.
View at Google Scholar13.Lahai, M. and Ekanayake, I. 2009. Accumulation and distribution of dry matter in relation to root yield of cassava under a fluctuating water table in inland valley ecology. Afr. J of Biotech., 8: 4895-4905.
View at Google Scholar14.Lemoine, R., La Camera, S., Atanassova, R., Dedaldechamp, F., Allario, T., Pourtau, J.L. Bonnemain, M. Laloi, P. Coutos- Thevenot, L. Maurousset, M. Faucher., C. Girousse, P. Lemonnier, J. Parrilla, and Durand, M. 2013. Source-tosink transport of sugar and regulation by environmental factors. Front Plant Sci., 4: 272.
View at Google Scholar15.Mbanjo, E.G.N., Rabbi, I.Y., Ferguson, M.E., Kayondo, S.I., Eng, N.H., Tripathi, L., Kulakow, P. and Egesi, C. 2021. Technological Innovations for Improving Cassava Production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Front. Genet., 11: 623736.
View at Google Scholar16.Montagnac, J.A., Christopher, R.D. and Tanumihardjo, S.A. 2009. Nutritional Value of Cassava for Use as a Staple Food and Recent Advances for Improvement, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 8: 181-194.
View at Google Scholar17.Nweke, F. 2004. “New challenges in the cassava transformation in Nigeria and Ghana”. Environmental and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute. Washington DCPTD, Discussion paper No. 118. 2004. Available from: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/ new-challenges-cassava-transformation-nigeria-andghana [Accessed 5 August 2021]
View at Google Scholar18.Obata, T., P.A.W. Klemens, L. Rosado-Souza, A. Schlereth, A. Gisel, L. Stavolone, W. Zierer, N. Morales, L. A. Mueller, S. C. Zeeman, F. Ludewig, M. Stitt, U. Sonnewald, H. Ekkehard Neuhaus, A. R. Fernie. 2020. Metabolic profiles of six African cultivars of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) highlight bottlenecks of root yield 10. The plt journal Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14693. [Accessed 2 August 2021]
View at Google Scholar19.Okechukwu, R.U. and Dixon, A.G.O. 2009. Performance of Improved Cassava Genotypes for Early Bulking, Disease Resistance, and Culinary Qualities in an Inland Valley Ecosystem”. Agron. J., 101(5).
View at Google Scholar20.Okogbenin, E., Marin, J. and Fregene, M. 2008. QTL analysis for early yield in a pseudo F2 population of cassava. Afr. Joul. of Biotech., 2: 31–138.
View at Google Scholar21.Okogbenin, E., Setter, T.L., Ferguson, M.E., Mutegi, R., Ceballos, H., Olasanmi, B. and Fregene, M. 2013. Phenotypic approaches to drought in cassava” Front. Physiol., 4(93): 1–15.
View at Google Scholar22.Okoye, N.N., Nwagbara, M.O. and Ijioma, M.A. 2020. Root Yield Response of Pro-Vitamin ‘A’ Cassava to Climatic Parameters in Umudike, Southeastern Nigeria. J. Climatol. Weather Forecast, 8: 253.
View at Google Scholar23.Olasanmi, B., Akoroda, M.O., Okogbenin, E., O. Onyegbule F. Ewa, J. Guitierrez H. Ceballos J. Tohme M. Fregene. 2014. Bulked segregant analysis identifies molecular markers associated with early bulking in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), Euphytica, 195: 235–244.
View at Google Scholar24.Schurr, U., Walter, A. and Rascher, U. 2006. Functional dynamics of plant growth and photosynthesis—from steady state to dynamics—from homogeinity to heterogeneity. Plant Cell Environ., 29(3): 340-352.
View at Google Scholar25.Ssemakula, G., Dixon, A.G.O. and Maziya-Dixon, B. 2007. “Stability of total carotenoid concentration and fresh yield of selected, yellow-fleshed cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz).” J. of Trop. Agric., 45: 14–20.
View at Google Scholar26.Stephenson, K., Amthor, R., Mallowa, S., Nungo, R., Maziya- Dixon, B., Gichuki, S., Mbanaso, A. and Manary, M. 2010. Consuming cassava as a staple food places children 2-5 years old at risk for inadequate protein intake, an observational study in Kenya and Nigeria. Nutri. J., 9.
View at Google Scholar27.Suja, G., John, K.S., Sreekumari, J. and Srinivas, T. 2009. Shortduration cassava genotypes for crop diversification in the humid tropics: growth dynamics, biomass, yield and quality.” J. Sci. Food Agric., 90: 188–98.
View at Google Scholar28.Tewodros, M. and Ayenew, B. 2012. Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) varieties and harvesting stages influenced by yield and yield related components. J. Natural Sci. Res., 2(10).
View at Google Scholar29.Tize, A.K. Fotso, E.N. Nukenine, C. Masso, F.A. Ngome, C. Suh, V.W. Lendzemo, I. Nchoutnji, G. Manga, E. Parkes, P. Kulakow, C. Kouebou, K.K.M. Fiaboe, R. Hanna. 2021. New cassava germplasm for food and nutritional security in Central Africa. Sci. Rep., 11: 7394.
View at Google Scholar