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Factors Influencing the Choice of Storage Technologies by Smallholder Potato Farmers in Eastern and Southwestern Uganda
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Impacts of COVID-19 on the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector in Developing Countries and Ways Forward
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Phenotypic Stability and Correlation for Late Blight Resistance in Advanced Potato Clones Under Field and Controlled Conditions
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Los andes y los alimentos del futuro. 50 andean future foods. Bibliografía. Bibliography.
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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification assays for on-site detection of the main sweetpotato infecting viruses
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Las papas nativas: de ser un cultivo olvidado al boom culinario e innovación de mercado
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The Inception Workshop Report. Transforming the Rules of the Game: Gendered Liveability in Peri-urban Dhaka
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Training workshop report on good agricultural practices for the production and conservation of seed potato in the West, Adamawa, and Northwest regions. Workshop report.
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Stakeholder network analysis for developing a sustainable seed potato value chain in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 25, 27, 28 Oct 2021
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El rol de la conservación ex situ para la repatriación de papas nativas – experiencias y perspectivas
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Exploring the Banana & Cassava Seed Systems: A case study of Luwero district in Central Uganda. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 25, 27, 28 Oct 2021
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Diversidad genética de las papas cultivadas de 10 comunidades de Pasco y 4 de sierra de Lima
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Recap. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course 25, 27, 28 Oct 2021
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Graduation ceremony. First training on the toolbox for working with root, tuber, and banana seed systems. July to October 2021
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A gender-responsive and socially-inclusive approach to potato producers in Georgia. Outcome Brief 2
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Farmer Business Schools (FBS) in local communities: How do FBS stimulate farmers’ learning and social capital?
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Creaciones e iconos culinarios de los andes. 50 Recipes for Culinary Innovation
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Los andes y los alimentos del futuro. 50 andean future foods
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Working Paper
Integrating gender into Kenya’s evolving seed policies and regulations for roots and tubers
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Working Paper
Farmers’ demand for quality and nutritionally enhanced sweetpotato planting material: Evidence from experimental auctions in Rwanda
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Brochure
Newly released robust potato varieties in Uganda
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The impact of COVID-19 on labor migration and the roles of small-scale farming in the pandemic in Vietnam
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Journal Article
Impacts of COVID-19 on rural livelihoods in Bangladesh: Evidence using panel data
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Dynamic guardianship of potato landraces by Andean communities and the genebank of the International Potato Center
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Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) Markers for Potato: An Effective Tool for Increased Genetic Gains
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Putting diverse farming households’ preferences and needs at the centre of seed system development
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Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research
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Unpacking the agroclimatic challenges and determinants of sweetpotato seed conservation and multiplication strategies by smallholder farmers in Southern Ethiopia
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Welcome. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course 25, 27, 28 Oct 2021
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Brief
Unleashing the potential of potato to increase food security in Uganda
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Stories of successful change from a nutrition sensitive agriculture intervention in Southern Bangladesh
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Sweetpotato in diverse economies: Women farmers in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam
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Women’s roles and opportunities in cassava value chains in Son La province in Vietnam: A technical report
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Phenotyping of productivity and resilience in sweetpotato under water stress through UAV-based multispectral and thermal imagery in Mozambique
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Genetic Identity, Diversity, and Population Structure of the International Potato Center’s Sweetpotato (I. batatas) Germplasm Collection
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Cartilla para la identificación de síntomas de la papa manchada (zebra chip)
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Cartilla para la identificación de síntomas de la punta morada de la papa
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La pomme de terre, une culture importante
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Comparative Phenotypic and Agronomic Assessment of Transgenic Potato with 3R-Gene Stack with Complete Resistance to Late Blight Disease
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Interlaboratory Comparison Study on Ribodepleted Total RNA High-Throughput Sequencing for Plant Virus Diagnostics and Bioinformatic Competence
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Genetic diversity determined by agronomic traits and SSR markers in two South American orange‐fleshed sweetpotato breeding populations with potential for population hybrid breeding
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Livelihood assets’ influence on Ugandan farmers’ control practices for Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW)
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Desafíos y oportunidades para el sector papa en la zona andina en el contexto de la COVID-19
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Correction for Ristaino et al., The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security
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Cartilla descriptiva del psílido de la papa
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Avances de la intervención en agricultura y nutrición – proyecto anemia cero articulando en territorio con actores locales y regionales
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MODULE 1: Introduction to the potato crop
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MODULE 3: Potato pest and disease management
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Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Puree for Bakery Applications in East Africa. Delivering more vitamin-A through consumer-demanded products. Project Profile.
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Cryopreservation of Potato Shoot Tips for Long-Term Storage
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RapGreen, an interactive software and web package to explore and analyze phylogenetic trees
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Unpicking the Inter-relationships Between Off-Farm Livelihood Diversification, Household Characteristics, and Farm Management in the Rural Andes
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Incidence, spatial pattern and temporal progress of Fusarium wilt of bananas
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Factors influencing farmers’ dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified crops: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambique
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Correction to: The Potato of the Future: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Agri-Food Systems
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Suitability of root, tuber, and banana crops in Central Africa can be favoured under future climates
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Orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Strategies and lessons learned for achieving food security and health at scale in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report on the first virtual seminar for the course on the RTB Toolbox for Working with Root, Tuber and Banana Seed Systems. July 26, 28-29, 2021
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Association between Soil Acidity and Bacterial Wilt Occurrence in Potato Production in Ethiopia
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Comparing backslopped and spontaneous fermentation based on the chemical composition and sensory properties of gari
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Determinants of Women’s Decision-Making Power in Pest and Disease Management: Evidence From Uganda
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Canopy Temperature as a Key Physiological Trait to Improve Yield Prediction under Water Restrictions in Potato
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Influence of bunch maturation and chemical precursors on acrylamide formation in starchy banana chips
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PL-4 (CIP596131.4): an Improved Potato Haploid Inducer
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Do Nutrition Education Approaches With Preschoolers and Their Caregivers Influence Retention of Biofortified Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato on Farms?: Evidence From Homa Bay County, Kenya
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Complete mitochondrial genome of banana skipper Erionota torus Evans (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) and phylogenetic analysis
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Batatas Nativas: do Cultivo Esquecido ao Boom Culinário e Inovação de Mercado
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Tripal, a community update after 10 years of supporting open source, standards-based genetic, genomic and breeding databases
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Genetic divergence of sweet potato genotypes based on morpho-agronomic traits
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Report of the virtual RTB ISC Annual Meeting 2021. The Grand Finale. July 7-9, 2021
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CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas 2020 Annual Report: Innovation and Impact
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Seed regulatory framework analysis. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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RTB: Close out planning and Innovation catalog
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Cassava Seed Unit Analysis Toolkit RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Four-square Method for Intervening in Root, Tuber and Banana Seed Systems. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021
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Experimental auctions. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Review day 2 and program day 3. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Flagship Project 4: Nutritious food & value added
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Review day 1 and program day 2. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Welcome. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course 26, 28, 29 July 2021
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Seed tracing RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Seed Tracker. RTB Seed System Toolbox Course: 26, 28, 29 July 2021.
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Flagship Project 5: Transitioning for Impact@Scale
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Flagship Project 1: Enhanced Genetic Resources
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Descriptors for Documenting Innovations and their Contributions to Impact
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Sensitivity of Potato Yield and Biomass to Climate Change Effects in Gisozi, Burundi, and Washington, USA, and Assessment of LINTUL4 Model Behavior
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How useful are perception- and experienced-based measures in predicting actual food choice? Evidence from an in-store field experiment using a multi-response approach
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Sensory analysis for potato and sweetpotato
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Identification of Elite Potato Clones with Resistance to Late Blight Through Participatory Varietal Selection in Peru
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Expanding industrial uses of sweetpotato for food security and poverty alleviation
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Analysis of β-amylase gene (Amyβ) variation reveals allele association with low enzyme activity and increased firmness in cooked sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) from East Africa
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An integrated seed health strategy and phytosanitary risk assessment: Potato in the Republic of Georgia
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Strategic Research Priority Assessment Toolkit
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Tools for Gender-responsive breeding
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The potato value chain in Uganda, its actors, and the status of their business linkages. Research Brief 04
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Regulatory Options to Improve Seed Systems for Vegetatively Propagated Crops in Developing Countries
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A Review of Digital Data Resources on Innovation and Impact
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Challenge of virus disease threats to ensuring sustained uptake of vitamin-A-rich sweetpotato in Africa
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The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security
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Yield Response of an Ensemble of Potato Crop Models to Elevated CO2 in Continental Europe
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RTB Innovation Catalog – Method and Work Plan
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Incidence and distribution of Sweetpotato viruses and their implication on sweetpotato seed system in Malawi
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A Primer on the Analysis of High-Throughput Sequencing Data for Detection of Plant Viruses
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Comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes of cultivars and wild species of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam)
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Population structure of Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary in Ethiopia
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Discovery of a major QTL for root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) resistance in cultivated sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas)
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Transcriptome analysis provides insights into the responses of sweet potato to sweet potato virus disease (SPVD)
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Molecular diversity and pathogenicity of Ralstonia solanacearum species complex associated with bacterial wilt of potato in Rwanda
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Các lựa chọn về chính sách nhằm thúc đẩy hệ thống cung ứng giống ở Việt Nam. Tóm Tắt Khuyến Nghị Chính Sách 1.
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The contribution of community nutrition scholars towards more nutritious diets for young children in Southern Bangladesh. Research Brief 01
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When Is Choice Empowering? Examining Gender Differences in Varietal Adoption through Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa
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Genetic variation and response to selection for storage root dry matter and associated traits in a population of yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) interspecies crosses
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Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato
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Response of potato crop to selected nutrients in central and eastern highlands of Kenya
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Gender and social dimensions of pest and disease control: A call for collaboration
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Iron concentration of potato and sweetpotato clones as affected by location
Training Material
Description sheet to the gender plus product profile query tool (G+PP).
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Policy options for advancing seed systems in Vietnam. Policy Brief 01
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Newsletter
A reality check for digital agricultural extension tool development and use
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Business skills training guide for potato farmer organizations and cooperatives: A guide for business skills and enterprise development
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Posibilidades de inversión: adaptación al cambio climático
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Brief
Distinguishing apical cuttings from stem cuttings for potato.
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Journal Article
Policy options for advancing seed systems for vegetatively propagated crops in Vietnam
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Processing methods affect phytochemical contents in products prepared from orange‐fleshed sweetpotato leaves and roots
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A Behavioral Intervention Increases Consumption of a New Biofortified Food by School Children: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
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Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda
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User guide to the standard operating procedure for G+ tools (G+SOP)
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User Guide to the G+ Customer Profile Tool (G+ CP)
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User Guide to the G+ Product Profile Query Tool (G+ PP)
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Gender Report and template Forms for G+ Tools
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Senior Expert Contributions to One CGIAR Program Development: Private Sector Engagement
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Trends in Varietal Diversity of Main Staple Crops in Asia and Africa and Implications for Sustainable Food Systems
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User guide to experimental auctions of vegetatively propagated seed. RTB User Guide
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Description sheet to impact network analysis (INA)
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User guide to seed tracing. RTB User Guide
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Description sheet to the sustainable early generation seed business analytics tool (SEGSBAT)
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Description sheet to the multi-stakeholder framework for intervening in root, tuber and banana seed systems.
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User guide to impact network analysis (INA). RTB User Guide
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User guide to the sustainable early generation seed business analysis tool (SEGSBAT)
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User guide to the four-square method for intervening in root, tuber and banana seed systems. RTB User Guide
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Description sheet to the four-square method for intervening in root, tuber and banana seed systems
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User guide to the seedHealth model as part of the integrated seed health approach. RTB User Guide
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Description sheet to seed tracing
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Tool description sheet to the small N exploratory case study
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Tool description sheet to experimental auctions of vegetatively propagated seed
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Journal Article
Health crisis and quarantine measures in Peru: Effects on livelihoods of coffee and potato farmers
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Breaking through the 40% adoption ceiling: Mind the seed system gaps -a perspective on seed systems research for development in One CGIAR
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Promoviendo el comercio de cultivos nativos para mejorar los medios de vida rurales en los Andes
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Exploring the regulatory space for improving availability, access and quality of vegetatively propagated crop seed: potato in Kenya
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Effect of food safety training on behavior change of food handlers: A case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato purée processing in Kenya
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The curious case of C-88: impacts of a potato variety on farmers in Yunnan, China
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Potato virus A isolates from three continents: their biological properties, phylogenetics and prehistory
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Native Potatoes: From Forgotten Crop to Culinary Boom and Market Innovation
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Guía de práctica de campo. Monitoreo de rasgos funcionales en los cultivos para la detección de estrés temprano: La conductancia estomática y termografía infrarroja como herramienta de medidas claves
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The poverty impacts of improved soybean technologies in Malawi
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Effects of pressure and temperature on the physico‑chemical properties and acrylamide formation of starchy banana chips during the post‑frying centrifuge step
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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated editing of DMR6 orthologue in banana (Musa spp.) confers enhanced resistance to bacterial disease
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The Status and Challenges of Sustainable Intensification of Rice-Potato Systems in Southern China
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Consumer preferences and socioeconomic factors decided on plantain and plantain-based products in the central region of Cameroon and Oyo state, Nigeria
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Manual
User Guide to Means-End Chain Analysis: The Data Analysis Manual
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Reconocimiento y manejo de artrópodos asociados al cultivo de la yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) en Ecuador
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Scaling Readiness
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Punta morada de la papa: ¿cómo se puede manejar esta “enfermedad” en el Ecuador?
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Agriculture in intergenerational relations: Ethnic Thai youth in northern Vietnam
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Productivity in Agriculture for a Sustainable Future
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Innovation and the Quest to Feed the World
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Open Innovation and Value Creation in Crop Genetics
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Digital Technologies, Big Data, and Agricultural Innovation
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Rethinking Adoption and Diffusion as a Collective Social Process: Towards an Interactional Perspective
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Development of Sustainable Business Models for Innovation in the Swedish Agri-sector: Resource-Effective Producer or Stewardship-Based Entrepreneur?
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Innovating at Marketing and Distributing Nutritious Foods at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP): Insights from 2SCALE, the Largest Incubator for Inclusive Agribusiness in Africa
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Adoption and Effects of Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato Varieties in Malawi
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Senior Expert Contributions to OneCGIAR Program Development. The science of scaling innovations from a systems perspective. Netherlands-CGIAR Partnership.
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Senior Expert Contributions to One CGIAR Program Development. Supporting inclusive breeding and seed system transformation. Netherlands-CGIAR Partnership.
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Senior Expert Contributions to One CGIAR Program Development. Eco-regional approaches. Netherlands-CGIAR Partnership.
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International e-learning for farmers: Gender and Agriculture
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International e-learning for farmers: Gender and Agriculture (a short version)
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CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas – Plan of Work and Budget 2020
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Genetic characterization of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) genotypes using agro-morphological and single nucleotide polymorphism markers
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Managing complexity and uncertainty in agricultural innovation through adaptive project design and implementation
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Economic and psychosocial factors associated with management of bacteria wilt disease in smallholder potato farms: Evidence from Kenya
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Review of knowledge to guide product development and breeding for sweetpotato frying quality in West Africa
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Gender mainstreaming in local potato seed system in Georgia
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Manual
Procedures for standard evaluation and data management of advanced potato clones Module 12. Post-Harvest Traits. International Cooperators’ Guide
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The tricot citizen science approach applied to on-farm variety evaluation: methodological progress and perspectives
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The cassava seed system in Nigeria: Opportunities and challenges for policy and regulatory reform
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Report
Toward more nutritious diets for young children in southern Bangladesh: Assessing the contribution of Community Nutrition Scholars and identifying constraints to utilization of orange-fleshed sweetpotato
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BASICS Phase I Final Report
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First Report of Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera rostochiensis) Infecting Potato (Solanum tuberosum) in Rwanda
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A simple PCR-based method for the rapid and accurate identification of spider mites (Tetranychidae) on cassava
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Effects of hydroxycinnamic acid esters on sweetpotato weevil feeding and oviposition and interactions with Bacillus thuringiensis proteins
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Communicative interventions for collective action in the management of potato late blight: evidence from a framed field game experiment in Ethiopia
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How the CGIAR contributes to policy change: learning from four cases
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Sensory characteristics and consumer segmentation of fried sweetpotato for expanded markets in Africa
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Enhancing climate resilience of rain-fed potato through legume intercropping and silicon application
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Revisiting intercropping indices with respect to potato-legume intercropping systems
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Iron absorption from iron-biofortified sweetpotato is higher than regular sweetpotato in Malawian women while iron absorption from regular and iron-biofortified potatoes is high in Peruvian women
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Decentralised sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) vine multiplication in Lake Zone, Tanzania: Five years later
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A temperature-driven model for potato yellow vein virus transmission efficacy by Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
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User guide to means-end chain analysis. RTB User Guide
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Glossary of root, tuber and banana seed systems. RTB User Guide
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User guide to the toolbox for working with root, tuber and banana seed systems. RTB User guide
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User guide to the multi-stakeholder framework for intervening in root, tuber and banana seed systems. RTB User Guide
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User guide to the small N exploratory case study. RTB user guide
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Hackathon to develop market segments and product profiles for breeding programs
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Publicaciones y agradecimientos. Guía 2020
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Rooted apical cuttings of potato – Good practices for planting, maintenance, harvesting and storage of tubers (flyer)
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Integrated agriculture nutrition education with orange fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) improved maternal knowledge, food security and dietary intakes in rural Tanzania
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Rooted apical cuttings of potato – Good practices for planting, maintenance, harvesting and storage of tubers
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Innovation profile to scale apical cuttings of potato
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A stable isotope study in Peruvian women demonstrates higher iron bioavailability in a yellow fleshed potato variety compared to a high iron purple fleshed potato
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Brief
Individual ambient ware potato storage excels in Uganda. Research Brief 06
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas: a gendered approach to food security, nutrition and income
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Development of a cassava seed certification system in Rwanda: Evaluation of CGIAR contributions to a policy outcome trajectory
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Development of a cassava seed certification system in Tanzania: Evaluation of CGIAR contributions to a policy outcome trajectory
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Current status of knowledge about end-user preferences for boiled potato in Uganda – A food science, gender and demand perspective
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Control of potato purple top in Ecuador: Evaluation of CGIAR contributions to a policy outcome trajectory
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CRP 2020 Reviews: Roots, Tubers and Bananas
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Journal Article
Strategies to revise agrosystems and breeding to control Fusarium wilt of banana
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Filling the gaps in gene banks: collecting, characterizing and phenotyping wild banana relatives of Papua New Guinea
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Challenges for ex situ conservation of wild bananas: seeds collected in Papua New Guinea have variable levels of desiccation tolerance
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Complete plastome assemblies from a panel of 13 diverse potato taxa
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Assembly of whole-chromosome pseudomolecules for polyploid plant genomes using outbred mapping populations
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Prioritizing quality traits for gender‐responsive breeding for boiled potato in Uganda
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Intraspecific diversity as a reservoir for heat-stress tolerance in sweet potato
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Development of a fast and user-friendly cryopreservation protocol for sweet potato genetic resources
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Cleaning cocopeat for production of potato rooted apical cuttings
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The vital importance of RTB crops in the One CGIAR portfolio. Research Brief 02
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Planting and management of potato rooted apical cuttings: A field guide
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Rooted apical cuttings for on-farm seed production for potato – Kenya
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Rooted apical cuttings for on-farm seed production for potato – Uganda
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A superior technology to control Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) in Rwanda
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Apical rooted cuttings for cheaper potato seeds. Research Brief 04
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The Innovation Revolution in Agriculture. A Roadmap to Value Creation
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Gender responsive communication tools and approaches for scaling the Triple S Technology in Ethiopia and Ghana
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Banana biomass estimation and yield forecasting from non-destructive measurements for two contrasting cultivars and water regimes
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Module 2: Gestion intégrée du sol, de la culture et de l’eau
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Assessing Genetic Diversity of Three Species of Potato Tuber Moths (Gelechiidae, Lepidoptera) in the Ecuadorian Highlands
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Mainstreaming of biofortification in the African Union: Evaluation of CGIAR contributions to a policy outcome trajectory
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Sequencing depth and genotype quality: accuracy and breeding operation considerations for genomic selection applications in autopolyploid crops
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Phenology-adjusted stress severity index to assess genotypic responses to terminal drought in field grown potato
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Breeding farmer and consumer preferred sweetpotatoes using accelerated breeding scheme and mother–baby trials
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Development of a food product profile for boiled and steamed sweetpotato in Uganda for effective breeding
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Quality and psychosocial factors influencing purchase of orange‐fleshed sweet potato bread
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Banana pest risk assessment along banana trade axes running from low to high altitude sites, in the Eastern DR Congo and in Burundi
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Science of scaling: Understanding and guiding the scaling of innovation for societal outcomes
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A contingent valuation analysis for assessing the market for genetically modified planting materials among banana producing households in Uganda
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Potential short-term memory induction as a promising method for increasing drought tolerance in sweetpotato crop wild relatives (Ipomoea series Batatas (Choisy) D. F. Austin)
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Gender, labor migration and changes in small-scale farming on Vietnam’s north-central coast
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 6: Gender and diversity aspects. Monitoring of OFSP dissemination and uptake (Amharic)
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 5: Harvesting and postharvest management, processing and utilisation, marketing and entrepreneurship (Amharic)
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Standard operating procedures for sweetpotato breeding data management. COP Breeding Data Management SweetGAINS
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 2: Orange-fleshed sweetpotato and nutrition (Amharic)
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Procedures for standard evaluation and data management of advanced potato clones. Summary guide to selecting potato clones for drought tolerance under field conditions international cooperators’ guide
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 4: Sweetpotato production and management; sweetpotato pest and disease management (Amharic)
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 1: Helping adults to learn. Origin and importance of sweetpotato. Sweetpotato varietal selection and characteristics (Amharic)
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Procedures for standard evaluation and data management of advanced potato clones. Practical guide to assessing potato clones for drought tolerance under field conditions
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 3: Sweetpotato seed systems (Amharic)
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 7: Using the everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato’ TOT course; Reflections (Amharic)
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Module 3: Lutte contre les maladies et les ravageurs de la pomme de terre
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Module 4: Les pratiques post-récolte
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Module 1: Introduction à la pomme de terre
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Prise en compte du genre dans la gestion des ravageurs et des maladies: Foire aux questions sur la collecte de données et les activités de vulgarisation tenant compte du genre
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Brochure
FoodSTART Africa – Eswatini. Harnessing the potential of nutritious sweetpotato to improve food and nutrition security
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Journal Article
Review of solar dryers for agricultural products in Asia and Africa: an innovation landscape approach
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Towards actionable farm typologies: Scaling adoption of agricultural inputs in Rwanda
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Assessing the Coverage of Biofortified Foods: Development and Testing of Methods and Indicators in Musanze, Rwanda. Current Developments in Nutrition
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Monitoring with social media: Experiences from “integrating” WhatsApp in the M&E system under sweet potato value chain
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Assessment of metabolic variability and diversity present in leaf, peel and pulp tissue of diploid and triploid Musa spp.
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A temperature-dependent phenology model for the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
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Fried sweetpotato user preferences identified in Nigeria and Ghana and implications for trait evaluation
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Scaling readiness: Science and practice of an approach to enhance impact of research for development.
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The development of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense lineage VI strains in East and Central Africa
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CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing of banana for disease resistance
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BLIGHTSIM: A new potato late blight model simulating the response of Phytophthora infestans to diurnal temperature and humidity fluctuations in relation to climate change
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Effect of varietal attributes on the adoption of an orange-fleshed sweetpotato variety in Upper East and Northern Ghana
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Unravelling the complex story of intergenomic recombination in ABB allotriploid bananas
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Brief
Considering gender in pest and disease management: FAQs for gender-responsive data collection and extension work
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Considering gender in pest and disease management: FAQs for gender-responsive data collection and extension work (Swahili)
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Considering gender in pest and disease management: FAQs for gender-responsive data collection and extension work (Georgian).
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Cómo abordar la temática de género en el manejo de plagas y enfermedades: Preguntas y respuestas frecuentes sobre la recolección de datos y trabajos de extensión con enfoque de género
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Okulwanyisa ebiwuka n’endwadde z’ebimera nga tukwatidde wamu abakyala n’abaami: Ebibuuzo ebitera okubuuzibwa abakyala n’abaami nga tunoonyereza wamu n’okusomesa abalimi
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Brief
Considering gender in pest and disease management: FAQs for gender-responsive data collection and extension work (Vietnamese).
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Brochure
CIP in Ethiopia
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Report
SweetGAINS project Speed Breed and Seed Community of Practice-West Africa virtual meeting report (27,29 May; 1,3,5 June 2020)
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Journal Article
Farmer demand and willingness-to-pay for sweetpotato silage-based diet as pig feed in Uganda
Report
RTB Annual Report 2019: Building for better science
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Effect of pruning young branches on fruit and seed set in cassava
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Journal Article
The root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, profoundly affects the production of popular biofortified cassava cultivars
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Identification and control of latent bacteria in in vitro cultures of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam)
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Identificación de clones de papa con pulpa pigmentada de alto rendimiento comercial y mejor calidad de fritura: Estabilidad y análisis multivariado de la interacción genotipo-ambiente
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A gender perspective on pest and disease management from the cases of roots, tubers and bananas in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
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Resilient agri-food systems for nutrition amidst COVID-19: evidence and lessons from food-based approaches to overcome micronutrient deficiency and rebuild livelihoods after crises
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Is there a space for medium-sized cassava seed growers in Nigeria?
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Impact and opportunities of agroecological intensification strategies on farm performance: A case study of banana-based systems in Central and South-Western Uganda
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Data synthesis for crop variety evaluation. A review
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Global cropland connectivity: A risk factor for invasion and saturation by emerging pathogens and pests
Manual
Bonnes pratiques agricoles pour la multiplication en champ de semence de pomme de terre au Cameroun. Manuel du semencier
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Manual
Good agricultural practices for field multiplication of seed potato in Cameroon. Producer manual
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Report
Third AsiaBlight Meeting. Beijing, China, 25-27 October 2019
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CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas 2019 Annual Report
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Journal Article
Review of empirical and emerging breeding methods and tools for yam (Dioscorea spp.) improvement: status and prospects
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Research-development partnerships for scaling complex innovation: Lessons from the Farmer Business School in IFAD-supported loan-grant collaborations in Asia.
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Effectiveness of resistance inductors for potato late blight management in Peru.
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Life history and temperature-dependence of cassava-colonising populations of Bemisia tabaci
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Characterization of distinct strains of an aphid-transmitted ilarvirus (Fam. Bromoviridae) infecting different hosts from South America
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Unraveling ecophysiological mechanisms in potatoes under different irrigation methods: A preliminary field evaluation
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Morphological and metabolic profiling of a tropical‐adapted potato association panel subjected to water recovery treatment reveals new insights into plant vigor
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Identification of natural resistance mediated by recognition of Phytophthora infestans effector gene Avr3aEM in potato
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Fish, roots, tubers and bananas: opportunities and constraints for agri-food system integration
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Advances in cryopreservation of in vitro-derived propagules: technologies and explant sources
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Innovation in Tigernut (Cyperus Esculentus L.) milk production: in situ hydrolysis of starch
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Improving rapid multiplication of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L. (Lam)) pre-basic seed using sandponics technology in East Africa.
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Yield potential of sandponically produced sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) pre-basic seed for selected genotypes
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Metagenomic insights of the root colonizing microbiome associated with symptomatic and infected fields
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Radiation interception, conversion and partitioning efficiency in potato landraces: How far are we from the optimum?
Working Paper
Integrating fish, roots, tubers and bananas in food systems: Opportunities and constraints.
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The influence of minisett size and time of planting on the yield of seed yam (Dioscorea Rotundata)
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Brief
Diffused light stores: Locally adapted solution for seed potato storage
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Farmer demand for clean planting material of biofortified and non-biofortified vegetatively propagated crop varieties: The case of sweetpotato
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Multiple QTL mapping in autopolyploids: A random-effect model approach with application in a hexaploid sweetpotato full-sib population
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The performance of a wide range of plantain cultivars at three contrasting altitude sites in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Efficient elimination of Yam mosaic virus (YMV) from white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) by cryotherapy of axillary buds
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Predictors of intention to integrate biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato in child feeding: A field information experiment in rural Kenya
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Andean potato diversity conserved in the International Potato Center genebank helps develop agriculture in Uganda: the example of the variety ‘Victoria’
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Storage root yield of sweetpotato as influenced by sweetpotato leaf curl virus and its interaction with sweetpotato feathery mottle virus and sweetpotato chlorotic stunt virus in Kenya.
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Assessment of soil fertility and potato crop nutrient status in central and eastern highlands of Kenya.
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Deep RNA-seq analysis reveals key responding aspects of wild banana relative resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4
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Xanthomonas Wilt of banana drives changes in land-use and ecosystem services across Infected landscapes
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Cooking dependent loss of metabolites in potato breeding lines and their wild and landrace relatives.
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Nutrient-dense orange-fleshed sweetpotato: advances in drought-tolerance breeding and understanding of management practices for sustainable next-generation cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Responding to future regime shifts with agrobiodiversity: A multi-level perspective on small-scale farming in Uganda
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Report
Report on the status of Attiéké production in Côte d’Ivoire
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Report
Report of Virtual Conference. BASICS Phase I – Achievements and Learnings Meeting. May 18-19, 2020
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Distribution, prevalence, and severity of damages caused by nematodes on yam (Dioscorea Rotundata) in Nigeria
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Antimicrobial activity of selected banana cultivars against important human pathogens, including candida biofilm
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Identification of additional/novel QTL associated with resistance to cassava green mite in a biparental mapping population
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Development of diagnostic SNP markers for quality assurance and control in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) breeding programs.
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Heritability and genetic gains for iron and zinc concentration in diploid potato
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Correlation and path analysis for yield and yield-related traits of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Karnataka
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Analysis of a monitoring system for bacterial wilt management by seed potato cooperatives in Ethiopia: Challenges and future directions
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A simple, hand-held decision support designed tool to help resource-poor farmers improve potato late blight management
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Sustainable intensification of agri-food systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Intensification with potato promises increased income and food security, but trade-offs must be considered
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Potato-legume intercropping enhances climate resilience and adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers. Research Brief 03.
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Brief
Increasing sweetpotato yield through modern production technology (Bengali).
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Working Paper
Policy options for advancing seed systems for vegetatively propagated crops in Vietnam.
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Report
Promoting (pro) vitamin A-rich bananas: A chronology
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Production of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV)-free plantain plants by in vitro culture
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Drought Tolerant Rice for Ensuring Food Security in Eastern India
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Understanding innovation: The development and scaling of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in major African food systems.
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The importance of the light spectrum in a high-throughput phenotyping lab concept: evaluating transpiration and biomass growth of different banana cultivars under different blue/red light ratios
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Optimizing soil nitrogen balance in a potato cropping system through legume intercropping.
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Vitamin A deficiency in Bangladesh and ongoing interventions to address
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Agronomic assessment of phosphorus efficacy for potato (Solanum tuberosum L) under legume intercrops.
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Badnaviruses of sweet potato: Symptomless coinhabitants on a global scale.
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YIIFSWA-II leadership, partnership, and collaboration in 2019
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Upscaling cassava processing machines and products in Liberia
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Overview of YIIFSWA II database
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Presentation
Capacity strengthening and breeder seed yam production
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Seed yam quality assurance
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Seed yam production at GoSeed
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Journal Article
Screening preemergence herbicides for weed control in cassava
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Cassava Root Necrosis Disease (CRND): a new crop disease spreading in western Democratic Republic of Congo and in some central African countries
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Comparative analysis for producing sweetpotato pre-basic seed using sandponics and conventional systems.
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Genetic variability and gain for storage root yield and yield components in yam beans
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Genomic outcomes of haploid induction crosses in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
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Population structure and host range of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans in Peru spanning two decades.
Presentation
Ware yam production demonstrations in Nigeria using good agronomic practices and some seed production options
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Report
Gender analysis of sweetpotato value chains: The impact of introducing orange-fleshed varieties to industrial buyers in Homa Bay and Bungoma, Kenya.
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Journal Article
Governing a collective bad: Social learning in the management of crop diseases.
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Quantitative trait loci and diferential gene expression analyses reveal the genetic basis for negatively associated beta‑carotene and starch content in hexaploid sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam).
Book Chapter
The potato and its contribution to the human diet and health.
Journal Article
Development of an open-source thermal image processing software for improving irrigation management in potato crops (Solanum tuberosum L.).
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Unraveling the hexaploid sweetpotato inheritance using ultra-dense multilocus mapping.
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Integrated application of organic and blended mineral fertilizers improves potato productivity and income for smallholder farmers in acidic soils.
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The mutation of a PECTATE LYASE-LIKE gene is responsible for the Yellow Margin phenotype in potato
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Variance component estimations and mega‐environments for sweetpotato breeding in West Africa.
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Phytochemicals in leaves and roots of selected Kenyan orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) varieties.
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Genome-wide association study identified candidate genes controlling continuous storage root formation and bulking in hexaploid sweetpotato
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Sustainable intensification of rice-based systems with potato in eastern indo-gangetic plains.
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Taller internacional sobre prevencion de la diseminacion de las principales plagas y enfermedades de la papa en la region andina. Informe del taller de RTB.
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Brief
Case for investment: Climate change adaptation.
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Case for investment: Inclusive growth.
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Case for investment: Nutrition.
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Book
Scaling readiness: Concepts, practices, and implementation.
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Book
The potato crop. Its agricultural, nutritional and social contribution to humankind.
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Dissemination of climate-smart, consumer-demanded potato varieties in the mid-elevation highlands of Kenya. Project profile.
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New sources of resistance to potato late blight disease in Peru. Project profile.
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Boosting potato production to enhance rural livelihoods—Georgia. Project profile.
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Late blight resistant potato for Africa. Project profile.
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Developing integrated value chains to enhance rural smallholder incomes and food security year-round. DIVERSIFY Malawi. Project profile.
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Potato for nutrition, food security, and economic wellbeing in Haryana, India. Project profile.
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SweetGAINS Africa. Project profile.
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Sweetpotato bread for better nutrition-South Africa. Tackling malnutrition and driving business growth. Project profile.
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WINNN Nigeria. Nutrition-sensitive kitchen garden intervention. Project profile.
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One world, no hunger initiative. Enhancing technical support to potato working groups in Cameroon, India, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Tunisia and Uganda. Project profile.
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Report
The role of root and tuber crops in strengthening agri‐food system resilience in Asia. A literature review and selective stakeholder assessment.
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Book Chapter
Potato breeding.
Journal Article
Physicochemical properties and total carotenoid content of high-quality unripe plantain flour from varieties of hybrid plantain cultivars
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Brief
Apantu: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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Lahi: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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Working Paper
Collective action for inclusive value-chain innovation: Implementation and results of the Participatory Market Chain Approach
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Genetic parameters and gain from selection in sweet potato genotypes with high beta-carotene content
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RTB Meeting Report: Piloting the G+ Tools
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Journal Article
Combining experiential and social learning approaches for crop disease management in a smallholder context: a complex socio-ecological problem
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Knowledge Sharing and Piloting Tools for Gender Responsive Product Profile Development
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Book Chapter
Potato seed systems.
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Cassava mosaic viruses (Geminiviridae)
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Insect pests affecting potatoes in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions.
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Bacterial diseases of potato.
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Maria Isabel Andrade: Sweetpotato breeder, technology transfer, specialist and advocate.
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Genetics and cytogenetics of the potato.
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Gender topics on potato research and development.
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Fungal, oomycete, and plasmodiophorid diseases of potato.
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Participatory research (PR) at CIP with potato farming systems in the Andes: evolution and prospects.
Book Chapter
Viral diseases in potato.
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Global food security, contributions from sustainable potato agri-food systems.
Book Chapter
CRISPR-Cas9-based genome editing of banana
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Plant resistance to Geminiviruses
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Ex Situ conservation of potato [Solanum Section Petota (Solanaceae)] genetic resources in genebanks.
Book Chapter
Enhancing value chain innovation through collective action: lessons from the Andes, Africa, and Asia
Book Chapter
The genes and genomes of the potato.
Journal Article
Gender and trait preferences for banana cultivation and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review
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Journal Article
Improving root characterisation for genomic prediction in cassava
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Journal Article
Does institution type affect access to finance for cassava actors in Nigeria?
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Effective altruism as an ethical lens on research priorities
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Unlocking the microbiome communities of Banana (Musa spp.) under disease stressed (Fusarium wilt) and non-stressed conditions
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Visual cues from different trap colours affect catches of Sahlbergella singularis (Hemiptera: Miridae) in sex pheromone traps in Cameroon cocoa plantations
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Enset‐based agricultural systems in Ethiopia: A systematic review of production trends, agronomy, processing and the wider food security applications of a neglected banana relative
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Genotyping-by-sequencing to unlock genetic diversity and population structure in white yam (dioscorea rotundata poir.)
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Women eat more rice and banana: the influence of gender and migration on staple food choice in East Africa
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End-user preferences for plantain food products in Nigeria and implications for genetic improvement
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Post-harvest technology change in cassava processing: a choice paradigm
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Breeding banana (Musa spp.) for drought tolerance: A review
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Exploring solution spaces for nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Kenya and Vietnam
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The suckering behaviour of plantains (Musa, AAB) can be viewed as part of an evolved reproductive strategy
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Potato cyst nematodes: a new threat to potato production in east Africa
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Genomic prediction and quantitative trait locus discovery in a cassava training population constructed from multiple breeding stages
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Seed yam production from whole tubers versus minisetts
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The transformation and outcome of traditional cassava starch processing in Guangxi, China
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Genetic diversity of provitamin-A cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Sierra Leone
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Surveillance and diagnostics of the emergent Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (Fam. Geminiviridae) in Southeast Asia
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Popular biofortified cassava cultivars are heavily impacted by plant parasitic nematodes, especially Meloidogyne Spp.
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Optimizing soil fertility management strategies to enhance banana production in volcanic soils of the northern highlands, Tanzania
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Assessment of the suitability of different cassava varieties for gari and fufu flour production in Liberia
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The influence of social networking on food security status of cassava farming households in Nigeria
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Nanopore-based complete genome sequence of a Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (Geminivirus) strain from Thailand
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Public and private investments for banana Xanthomonas Wilt control in Uganda: The economic feasibility for smallholder farmers
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Metabolic profiles of six African cultivars of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) highlight bottlenecks of root yield
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Review of varietal change in roots, tubers and bananas: consumer preferences and other drivers of adoption and implications for breeding
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Antiviral and cytotoxic activity of different plant parts of banana (Musa spp.)
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Genetic diversity of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) colonizing sweet potato and cassava in South Sudan
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Plant tissue analysis as a tool for predicting fertiliser needs for low cyanogenic glucoside levels in cassava roots: an assessment of its possible use
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Not only the seed matters: Farmers’ perceptions of sources for banana planting materials in Uganda
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Evaluation of Mchare and Matooke Bananas for Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 1
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Metabolite database for root, tuber and banana crops to facilitate modern breeding in understudied crops
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Manual
Virus elimination and testing in cassava: a practical manual
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Internal Document
RTB Branding Guidelines 2020
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Internal Document
RTB Publications and Acknowledgements Guidelines 2020
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Recettes pour les bananes riches en Vitamine A: Développées pour le Sud Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo
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Lai: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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Recipes for vitamin A-rich bananas: developed for South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Lai: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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Bira: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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Lahi: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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To’o: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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Pelipita: Bananas rich in pro-vitamin A carotenoids
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To’o: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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Apantu: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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Pelipita: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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Bira: Bananier riche en caroténoïdes Pro Vitamine A
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Manual
A guide to the production of High-Quality Cassava Peel® mash as a feed for livestock
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Brochure
Driving adaptation in mountains through community-and-ecosystem-based innovations. Side event at CoP 25.
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Journal Article
The productivity and income effects of adoption of improved soybean varieties and agronomic practices in Malawi
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Nutrition and food security impacts of quality seeds of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tanzania
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Breeding new sweetpotato genotypes combining elevated content of two antagonistic traits of high dry matter and beta-carotene content in a high root yield background
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Una aproximación a la medición de pérdidas de alimento en la cadena de la papa en Ecuador y Perú
Working Paper
A comparative study on banana seed systems in Mbarara district, western Uganda and Mukono district, central Uganda
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Working Paper
Post-harvest use of banana in Uganda and Tanzania: Product characteristics and cultivar preferences of male and female farmers.
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Working Paper
Characterizing Nigeria’s cassava seed system and the use of planting material in three farming communities
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Brochure
Linking farmers with markets – Bolivia and Peru. Implementation of farmer business school to improve small-scale farmer access to markets. Project profile
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Brochure
The USAID potato program in Georgia. Project profile.
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Report
FoodSTART+ Grant completion report.
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Book Chapter
Gender norms and their implications for banana production and recovery in west Africa
Journal Article
Increasing potato equivalent yield increases returns to investment under potato-legume intercropping systems.
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Consumer knowledge and attitude towards orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) puree bread in Kenya.
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The role of legumes in the sustainable intensification of African smallholder agriculture: lessons learnt and challenges for the future
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Effects of in vitro polyploidization on agronomic characteristics and fruit carotenoid content; implications for banana genetic improvement
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Relationship between serum aflatoxin concentrations and the nutritional status of children aged 6-24 months from Zambia
Manual
Sweetpotato handbook for seed multiplication and inspection. Manual
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A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales.
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The spatial-temporal dynamics of potato agrobiodiversity in the highlands of central Peru: a case study of smallholder management across farming landscapes.
Manual
Manual for sweetpotato pre‐basic seed production using the sandponics system.
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Brochure
EuroClima: Adopcion de mejores practicas agricolas climaticamente inteligentes en los andes. Perfil de proyecto.
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Working Paper
Metabolomics in CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB).
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Report
Orange‐fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) puree for fried and baked products in Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi project. 2019‐2020 Workplan review meeting.
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Journal Article
Effect of seed sett size on sprouting, shoot growth, and tuber yield of white guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
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Women’s agency in changing contexts: A case study of innovation processes in Western Kenya
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Sweetpotato virus pathogen-tested planting material of susceptible varieties results in root yield increase in Uganda.
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The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis
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Historical introgressions from a wild relative of modern cassava improved important traits and may be under balancing selection
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Determinants of postharvest losses along smallholder producers maize and sweetpotato value chains: an ordered probit analysis
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Banana leaf pruning to facilitate annual legume intercropping as an intensification strategy in the East African highlands
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Short-term dynamics of soil organic matter fractions and microbial activity in smallholder potato-legume intercropping systems.
Manual
Laboratory manual for Phytophthora infestans work at CIP.
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Transformational adaptation of key root and tuber crops in Asia: Assessing crop suitability amidst climate change by species distribution modelling
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Video
Participatory varietal selection of potato in Bhutan.
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Participatory varietal selection of potato in Peru.
Brief
Recommended organic practices for the management of Potato Tuber Moth (PTM) in traditional country stores in Meghalaya, India.
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Working Paper
Gender situational analysis of the sweetpotato value chain in selected districts in Sidama and Gedeo Zones in southern Ethiopia.
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Brochure
Promoting employment, food security and nutrition in Mozambique. Sweetpotato-based job-opportunities for young people. Project profile.
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New center of excellence in potato and sweetpotato research – Karnataka, India. Project profile.
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Promocion de agronegocios en el Peru: sustitucion de papa importada para procesamiento industrial por papa nacional. Perfil de proyecto.
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Brochure
Promoting nutrition-sensitive potato value chains in Kenya. Project profile.
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Report
Biodiverse and nutritious potato improvement across Peru, Nepal, and Bhutan. Final results report.
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Journal Article
Effect of textured soy protein (TSP) inclusion on the sensory characteristics and acceptability of local dishes in Nigeria
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Nicaragua’s agroecological transition: Transformation or reconfiguration of the agri-food regime?
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Identification of candidate flowering and sex genes in white Guinea yam (D. rotundata Poir.) by SuperSAGE transcriptome profiling
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Presentation
Scaling of innovations and scaling readiness: What can ILRI do with it?
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Balanced nutrient requirements for maize in the northern Nigerian savanna: parameterization and validation of QUEFTS model
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Gendered processes of agricultural innovation in the Northern uplands of Vietnam.
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Intercropping optimizes soil temperature and increases crop water productivity and radiation use efficiency of rainfed potato.
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Molecular epidemiology of Ralstonia solanacearum species complex strains causing bacterial wilt of potato in Uganda.
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Bambara groundnut: an exemplar underutilised legume for resilience under climate change
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Potato virus Y; the Andean connection.
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Exposure to air pollutants and heat stress among resource-poor women entrepreneurs in small-scale cassava processing
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Extreme resistance to late blight disease by transferring 3 R genes from wild relatives into African farmer-preferred potato varieties.
Book
Connecting smallholder root and tuber growers to markets through Farmer Business Schools.
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Conference Paper
Developing and deploying non- and low-sweet sweetpotato cultivars for expanding markets.
Report
RTB Annual Report 2018: Making an Impact.
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Effects of lime and phosphorus rates on growth of hybrid Arabica coffee seedlings at Jimma, southwest Ethiopia
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Brief
Breeding for continuous storage root formation and bulking in sweetpotato.
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Agricultural technology adoption and household welfare: measurement and evidence
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The cryoprotectant PVS2 plays a crucial role in germinating Passiflora ligularis embryos after cryopreservation by influencing the mobilization of lipids and the antioxidant metabolism
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The horizontal gene transfer of Agrobacterium T-DNAs into the series Batatas (Genus Ipomoea) genome is not confined to hexaploid sweetpotato.
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Access to information, price expectations and welfare: the role of mobile phone adoption in Ethiopia
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High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in natural and anthropized sites of a Brazilian tropical dry forest (Caatinga)
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What is the cost of integration? Evidence from an integrated health and agriculture project to improve nutrition outcomes in Western Kenya
Working Paper
Sharing experiences and developing collaboration to integrate gender in breeding programs.
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Brief
Pre-basic sweetpotato vine multiplication using a sandponics system.
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HARVESTPLUS enhancing on-farm access to vitamin A sweetpotato pathogen-tested planting material in Uganda: Strategies for sustainable adoption.
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Rapid field based diagnostic tool for the detection of sweetpotato viruses is now a reality.
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Major achievements in breeding for drought tolerance and high iron orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambique: Lessons learned and achievements in phase 2 (2014-2019).
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Tackling virus resistance in hot spots.
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Breeding and prospects for low sweet sweetpotato in West Africa.
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Viable Sweetpotato Technologies in Africa (VISTA) Mozambique delivered orange-fleshed sweetpotato at Scale.
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The growth of the sweetpotato knowledge portal and social media as information hubs.
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Stories from the FoodSTART+ and SOLID collaboration on farmer business schools in Indonesia.
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The development & utilization of a breakthrough product: orange-fleshed sweetpotato puree.
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Efficiency of insect-proof net tunnels in reducing virus-related seed degeneration in sweetpotato.
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A breakthrough: Hybrid population breeding validated in Peru, Uganda, and Mozambique
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Is sweetpotato root production cost-effective when using planting material conserved in protected structures in high virus pressure areas?
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Sweetpotato seed systems community of practice – what are we learning? What are we practicing?
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Promoting OFSP for income, women’s empowerment, and nutrition: Lessons from Helen Keller International’s Programs in Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
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Ghana’s KNUST: Equipping the next generation of sweetpotato change maker.
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A new method for estimating sweetpotato early generation seed requirements to supply commercial and institutional markets.
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Strengthening the SPHI community of practice: “A sweetpotato family, tremendously rewarding”.
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Genomic tools for sweetpotato improvement project (GT4SP).
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Brief
Quality diets for better health in Ethiopia.
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What motivates vine multipliers to continue once project support has ended? A case study from the Lake Zone, Tanzania.
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The sweetpotato breeding community of practice: Breeding in Africa for Africa (2009-2019).
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Bridging the gap between pre-basic seed producers and decentralized multipliers for a sustainable sweetpotato seed system in Tanzania.
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2019 Sweetpotato digital catalogue now available.
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Food and nutritional evaluation laboratory (FANEL): Growth towards a sustainable service unit.
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Developing integrated value chains to enhance rural smallholders’ incomes and food (DIVERSIFY) project-Malawi.
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Strategies for storage of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Sub-Saharan Africa to ensure supplies for processing: Lessons learnt and the way forward.
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Scaling sweetpotato-led interventions to improve smallholders’ nutrition and food security in Tigray Region, Ethiopia.
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Early generation seed production for roots, tubers and bananas is financially viable for private sector seed companies in East Africa.
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Potential business models and financial feasibility of selected medium-scale business enterprises for orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) value-added products.
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Scaling Triple S PLUS with gender responsive tools and diverse scaling partners.
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Are begomoviruses a threat to sweetpotato production in Sub-Saharan Africa?
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Strengthening institutional systems for scaling up OFSP for improved nutrition and food security in Tigray and SNNPR, Ethiopia
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Nutritious maize-OFSP porridge helps diversity diet in school feeding programme in Malawi.
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The accelerated value chain development program: orange fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) value chain in Kenya.
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Moving ahead with the nutritious sweetpotato in Inhambane, Mozambique.
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Brief
Feed the Future Malawi improved seed systems and technologies (MISST) project: Orange-fleshed sweetpotato component
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Brief
Solar-powered storage in Mozambique: Lessons learned and way forward.
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Working Paper
Characterization of cassava production systems in Vietnam.
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Brochure
Root and tuber crops for agricultural transformation in Malawi. Project profile.
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Brochure
Smartphone-based diagnosis of crop diseases. Project profile.
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Brochure
Improving breeding in sub-Saharan Africa. Project profile.
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Understanding the adoption of root, tuber and banana crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Project profile.
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Orange-fleshed sweetpotato purée-based food applications, East Africa. Project profile.
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Scaling up sweetpotato-led interventions for nutrition and food security, Tigray region, Ethiopia. Project profile.
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Triple S PLUS: Scaling up gender-responsive technologies for enhancing sweetpotato productivity–Ethiopia and Ghana. Project profile.
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Development and delivery of biofortified crops at scale. Project profile.
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Orange-fleshed sweetpotato for nutrition and income-sub-Saharan Africa. Project profile.
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Brochure
Feed the Future Bangladesh – A systems approach to better nutrition. Project profile.
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Report
Farmer business schools in Bohol, the Philippines: A gender assessment.
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Journal Article
Food safety and adverse selection in rural maize markets
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Journal Article
Promoting the use of locally produced crops in making cereal-legume-based composite flours: an assessment of nutrient, antinutrient, mineral molar ratios, and aflatoxin content
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Distribution and virulence of fungal species isolated from yam (Dioscorea spp.) tubers in three agroecological zones of Nigeria
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Willingness to pay of Nigerian poultry producers and feed millers for aflatoxin‐safe maize
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Assessment of dietary diversity of mothers and children of 6-24 months from eastern and southern provinces of Zambia
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Journal Article
Spatial multivariate cluster analysis for defining target population of environments in west Africa for yam breeding
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Efficiency of insect‐proof net tunnels in reducing virus‐related seed degeneration in sweet potato.
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Farmers’ preferences for high-input agriculture supported by site-specific extension services: evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria
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Value chain school with climate change and gender perspective: Learning and monitoring guide.
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Manual
Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective: Learning and monitoring guide.
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Poster
Triple S technology: Availing clean sweetpotato planting material at the on-set of rains.
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Brochure
Developing early maturing and stress-tolerant potato varieties for Asia. Project profile.
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Better quality potatoes for Uganda. Piloting seed potato production using rooted transplants of apical cuttings and assessment of ware potato storage. Project profile.
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Improving diagnostics and resistance to potato bacterial wilt disease. Project profile.
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Better food security, nutrition and climate-resilience in Bangladesh. Project profile.
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Boosting potato supply and demand in Southeast Asia. Project profile
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Brochure
Building sustainable potato enterprises in Cameroon. Project profile
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Report
Gender responsive participatory varietal selection for sustainable seed potato systems in Assam, India.
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Journal Article
Variability of carotenoids in a Musa germplasm collection and implications for provitamin A biofortification
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Journal Article
The origins and adaptation of European potatoes reconstructed from historical genomes.
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Growing condition variations and grain prices in Niger and Nigeria
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Novel strategies for soil-borne diseases: exploiting the Microbiome and volatile-based mechanisms toward controlling Meloidogyne-based disease complexes
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Journal Article
Long-term application of low C:N residues enhances maize yield and soil nutrient pools across Kenya
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A global surveillance system for crop diseases: global preparedness minimizes the risk to food supplies
Conference Paper
Business with social responsibility: Launch, growth and challenges of native andean potatoes
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Newsletter
Social Networks Analysis for ICT-based control of BXW in Rwanda
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Journal Article
Infrared radiometry as a tool for early water deficit detection: insights into its use for establishing irrigation calendars for potatoes under humid conditions
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Controlling soil erosion in smallholder potato farming systems using legume intercrops.
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Molecular characterization of a new virus species identified in yam (Dioscorea spp.) by high-throughput sequencing
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Journal Article
Understanding the factors influencing fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) damage in African smallholder maize fields and quantifying its impact on yield: a case study in eastern Zimbabwe
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Journal Article
Motivations and mental models associated with smallholder farmers’ adoption of improved agricultural technology: Evidence from use of quality seed potato in Kenya
Journal Article
Stacking three late blight resistance genes from wild species directly into African highland potato varieties confers complete field resistance to local blight races
Manual
Bonnes pratiques agricoles de production de pomme de terre de consommation au Cameroun: Guide de demonstrations
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Manual
Good agricultural practices for ware potato production in Cameroon: Demonstration guide
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Internal Document
RTB Gender Research Agenda 2019-2021
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Poster
Screening for resistance to late blight in wild potato species and landraces in greenhouse conditions in Peru.
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Brief
Is Vietnam in need of supportive policies for promoting roots and tubers development? Insights from Quang Binh province
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Brief
Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition. Outcome Brief
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Conference Paper
Diversos actores, variedades, fuentes y transacciones en los sistemas de semilla de papa en Cotopaxi
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Conference Paper
Enfoque de sistemas alimentarios: ¿cómo cabe la papa en ello?
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Conference Paper
Selección participativa de variedades/clones de papa con buen comportamiento agronómico y potencial de mercado con varios actores de la cadena de valor
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Conference Paper
Modelo fenológico de Bacctericera cockerelli para evaluar el riesgo de su propagacion utilizando la herramienta “Insect life cycle modelling” (ILCYM)
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Conference Paper
Historias de cambios destacables del proyecto CIP-FIDA-Andes en Ecuador
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Conference Paper
Determinación de los efectos en la reducción de costos e impacto ambiental en el control de tizón tardío mediante el uso de la herramienta de apoyo a la decisión para el manejo integrado de Phytophthora infestans
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Conference Paper
Innovación culinaria
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Conference Paper
El papel actual y tendencias del rol de la papa en la alimentacion en America Latina y el mundo
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Conference Paper
Nuevas herramientas para mejorar los sistemas de semilla de raíces, tubérculos y bananas
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Papas biofortificadas para ayudar a reducir niveles de anemia en los Andes. Perfil del proyecto.
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Linking social protection with agriculture and nutrition interventions. Biofortified potato to alleviate anemia in the high Andes of Peru. Project profile
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Evaluating iron and zinc bioavailability in biofortified potatoes to reduce malnutrition in the Andes. Project profile.
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Brochure
Biofortified potatoes for better nutrition, East Africa. Project profile.
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Report
Scaling Up Sweetpotato through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) 2013‐2019. Final report.
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Conference Proceedings
Libro de Memorias. VIII Congreso Ecuatoriano de la Papa. Soberanía Alimentaria y Nutrición.
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Journal Article
Retention of pro-vitamin a content in products from new biofortified cassava varieties
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Video
YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – Interview with Connie Aku Nyador
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Agromorphologic, genetic and methylation profiling of Dioscorea and Musa species multiplied under three micropropagation systems
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Journal Article
Ex‐ante evaluation of promising soybean innovations for sub‐Saharan Africa
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Impact of planted hedgerow fallows on nutrient balances in a groundnut/maize/cassava intercrop
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Molecular basis of disease resistance in banana progenitor Musa Balbisiana against Xanthomonas Campestris pv. Musacearum
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Journal Article
Adoption and ex-post impacts of improved cowpea varieties on productivity and net returns in Nigeria
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Investigating consumer preferences and willingness to pay for Orange-fleshed Sweet potato (OFSP) juice in Rwanda.
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Canopy chlorophyll fluorescence applied to stress detection using an easy-to-build micro-lidar.
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Water restriction scenarios and their effects on traits in potato with different degrees of drought tolerance.
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Sequencing and assembly of small RNAs reveal the presence of several begomoviruses, potyviruses, badnaviruses and mastreviruses in the sweet potato leaf virome in Barbados.
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Comparative evaluation of LAMP, qPCR, conventional PCR, and ELISA to detect ralstonia solanacearum in Kenyan potato fields
Journal Article
Enumeration of the microbiota and microbial metabolites in processed cassava products from Madagascar and Tanzania
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Prevalence and genome characterization of field isolates of sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) in Nigeria
Journal Article
Potato-legume intercropping on a sloping terrain and its effects on soil physico-chemical properties.
Manual
Procedures for the evaluation of sweetpotato trials. Manual.
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Poster
Driving adoption of regional health nutritional standards
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Poster
Climate-resilient sweetpotato seed systems
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Poster
Performance evaluation of developed cooking steamer for optimum retention of carotenoid in Attieke produced from biofortified cassava (Manihot esculenta, crantz)
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Healthy sweetpotato-based bakery products for sub-Saharan Africa
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Brief
Improving vitamin A consumption in vulnerable households. Viable Sweetpotato Technologies in Africa (VISTA) Mozambique. Research Brief 02
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Brief
Bioengineered potato: Resistance to late blight disease and higher crop yields. Research Brief 01.
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Book
La culture des bananiers et plantains dans les zones agroecologiques de la Republique Democratique du Congo
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Soy papa, no papá. Historias de cambios destacables del proyecto Fortalecimiento de la innovacion para mejorar los ingresos, la seguridad alimentaria y la resiliencia de productores de papa en Bolivia, Ecuador y Peru.
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Participatory varietal selection of potato using the mother & baby trial design: A gender-responsive trainer’s guide.
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Conference Paper
Mitigating Cassava Virus Pandemics in an increasingly Connected Global Environment: Lessons from the last 30 Years
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Brochure
Viable sweetpotato technologies in Africa – Mozambique (VISTA). Project profile.
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Orange-fleshed sweetpotato puree for baked and fried products in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda. Project profile.
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Sweetpotato action for security and health in Africa (SASHA) phase II. Project profile.
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Quality planting materials for cassava, sweetpotato and yam. Rapid virus elimination for crop improvement and seed systems. Project profile
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Report
A rapid assessment of Farmer Business Schools from a gender perspective in Meghalaya, India.
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Journal Article
Exploring barriers to the agroecological transition in Nicaragua: A Technological Innovation Systems Approach
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Basic annual review and planning meeting 2019 – Interview with Hemant
Journal Article
A new Multi Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis Scheme for epidemiological surveillance of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum, the plant pathogen causing bacterial wilt on banana and enset
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Microbes in cahoots with plants: MIST to hit the jackpot of agricultural productivity during drought
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Eco-efficiency and agricultural innovation systems in developing countries: evidence from macro-level analysis
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Biological control agents against Fusarium wilt of banana
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Presentation
Alternativas no convencionales de procesamiento de papa: Caso de la tunta
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Improving productivity of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) through intercropping with legumes and moderate phosphorus application
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Greater aggressiveness in the 2_A1 lineage of Phytophthora infestans may partially explain its rapid displacement of the US‐1 lineage in east Africa
Poster
Deploying nutritious climate-smart potatoes.
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Gender-responsive food production, Ethiopia
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Malawian entrepreneur creates nutritious products and a new market for farmers. Outcome story
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Identificacion de los virus de la papa y la preservacion del cultivo frente al calentamiento global. Project profile
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Herramientas digitales para fortalecer el desarrollo de la investigacion rural y la asesoria a los productores de papa en el Peru. Perfil del proyecto.
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Deteccion de estres temprano en cultivos con un enfoque basado en la planta. Project profile.
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Improved potatoes to boost climate resilience in Kenya and Peru. Project profile.
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Report
Scaling up sweetpotato through agriculture and nutrition (SUSTAIN): M&E system review
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Report
Opportunities and constraints for women: Recommendations for building gender responsive potato value chains in Assam, India.
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Report
In-depth study on household production, nutrition and consumption in Beira, Mozambique.
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Report
RTB Annual Report 2018. Phase II – Year 2.
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Report
Tracking indirect beneficiaries of complex development interventions in agriculture.
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Journal Article
Effect of paleopolyploidy and allopolyploidy on gene expression in banana
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Journal Article
Using growth and transpiration phenotyping under controlled conditions to select water efficient banana genotypes
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Smallholder agroprocessors’ willingness to pay for value-added solid-waste management solutions
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Field based assessment of Capsicum annuum performance with inoculation of rhizobacterial consortia
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A mobile-based deep learning model for cassava disease diagnosis
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Manual
Production of apical cuttings of potato
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Newsletter
Cassava Matters
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Farmer reported pest and disease impacts on root, tuber, and banana crops and livelihoods in Rwanda and Burundi.
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Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning.
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Support smallholders to step up Nigeria’s cassava yields
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Diagnosis of crop secondary and micro-nutrient deficiencies in sub-Saharan Africa
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Reaching next users: Seeking collaborations and applications. Workshop RTB CC2.1. Phase 2. 14–17 March 2019, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Working Paper
National plan for improving seed potato in Georgia
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Report
2019 Annual review and planning meeting of BASICS project
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Journal Article
Human and technical dimensions of potato integrated pest management using farmer field schools: International Potato Center and partners’ experience with potato late blight management.
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YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – YIIFSWA Field Tour
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YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – Opening Remarks by Prof Abberton
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Application of genetic engineering for control of bacterial wilt disease of enset, Ethiopia’s sustainability crop
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YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – Interview with John Ikeorgu
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YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – Exhibition
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YIIFSWA II OPENDAY – Food Testing
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Prioritizing options for multi-objective agricultural development through the Positive Deviance approach
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Modeling epidemics in seed systems and landscapes to guide management strategies: The case of sweetpotato in Northern Uganda.
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Genotyping of Phytophthora infestans in eastern-Africa reveals a dominating invasive European lineage
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Assessment of genetic diversity among low-nitrogen-tolerant early generation maize inbred lines using SNP markers
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Genetic diversity and re-classification of coffee (Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner) from South Western Nigeria through genotyping-by-sequencing-single nucleotide polymorphism analysis
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Crossbreeding east African highland bananas: lessons learnt relevant to the botany of the crop after 21 years of genetic enhancement
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Brochure
Climate-and nutrition-smart orange-fleshed sweetpotato, Ethiopia. Food biofortification for health. Project profile.
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Book Chapter
Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: yam, taro and cocoyam
Book Chapter
Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: banana and plantain
Journal Article
Carotenoids retention in biofortified yellow cassava processed with traditional African methods.
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Understanding the consequences of changes in the production frontiers for roots, tubers and bananas.
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Evaluation of 10 genotypes of sweetpotato for fries.
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Understanding the relations between farmers’ seed demand and research methods: The challenge to do better
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Extreme salinity as a challenge to grow potatoes under Mars-like soil conditions: targeting promising genotypes.
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Pre-harvest management is a critical practice for minimizing aflatoxin contamination of maize
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Phytophthora urerae sp. nov., a new clade 1c relative of the Irish famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans from South America
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Genetic variability, stability and heritability for quality and yield characteristics in provitamin A cassava varieties
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The new potato. Breeders seek a breakthrough to help farmers facing an uncertain future.
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Effect of processing and oil type on carotene bioaccessibility in traditional foods prepared with flour and puree from orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes.
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Changing behavior through agriculture-nutrition integration: field experience and results. Regional Technical Committee meeting of the Scaling Up Sweetpotato Through Agriculture and Nutrition (SUSTAIN) project, 11–12 September 2018, Kigali, Rwanda
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Brief
Irish Aid-Catalyzing a broad alliance for nutrition-sensitive agriculture through OFSP.
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Brief
Selfless malawian cassava farmer finds joy in community food security. Outcome story.
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Brochure
Generating advances in incomes and nutrition through sweetpotato (GAINS) – Odisha state, India.
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Brochure
FoodSTART+ Asia. Food resilience through root and tuber crops in upland and coastal communities of the Asia-Pacific region. Project profile.
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Scaling up orange-fleshed sweetpotato for improved nutrition and food security, Ethiopia. Building institutional support. Project profile.
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Seeds for change, Ethiopia. Project profile.
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FoodSTART Africa. Strengthening nutrition in agri-food systems in East and Southern Africa through root and tuber crops. Project profile.
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Understanding potato seed degeneration, Ecuador. Project profile.
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Brochure
Gender-sensitive emergency responses with potato and sweetpotato, Ethiopia. Rebuilding food security after drought. Project profile.
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Journal Article
Nutrient use efficiency and crop yield response to the combined application of cattle manure and inorganic fertilizer in sub-Saharan Africa
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Obliteration of phosphorus deficiency in plants by microbial interceded approach
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Zinc and iron fortification in cassava
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Impact of host plant species and whitefly species on feeding behavior of Bemisia tabaci
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Soil fertility status of cassava fields treated by integrated application of manure and NPK fertilizer in Zambia
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Sustaining the beneficial effects of maize production in Nigeria: does adoption of short season maize varieties matter?
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Attempts to identify Cassava Brown Streak Virus in western Democratic Republic of Congo
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Maize response to chemical and microbial products on two Tanzanian soils
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Evaluation of cassava processing and utilization at household level in Zambia
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Calibration development for nutritional evaluation of Yam (Dioscorea sp.) using Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectrophotometry (NIRS)
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The Nutritional Contribution of Potato Varietal Diversity in Andean Food Systems: a Case Study
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Unsuccessful Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) evaluation attempts in western Democratic Republic of Congo and implications with cassava root necrosis disease (CRND) etiology
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African rural youth engagement in agribusiness: achievements, limitations, and lessons
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Why interventions in the seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas crops do not reach their full potential.
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Diversity of Meloidogyne spp. from peri-urban areas of sub-Saharan Africa and their genetic similarity with populations from the Latin America
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La innovación inclusiva para desarrollar ventajas competitivas en cadenas de valor de la papa en la zona andina
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First report and preliminary evaluation of cassava root necrosis in Angola
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Effect of intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension program adoption and diffusion of biofortified crops.
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Virus movement from infected sweetpotato vines to roots and reversion on root sprouts
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Assessing the severity and the incidence of Cassava Root Necrosis Disease (CRND) in western Democratic Republic of Congo
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Adoption of potato varieties and their role for climate change adaptation in India.
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Metabolic diversity in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas, Lam.) leaves and storage roots
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Adoption of orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties by urban consumers in Maputo, Mozambique.
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Pesticide use practices in root, tuber, and banana crops by smallholder farmers in Rwanda and Burundi
Internal Document
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas – Plan of Work and Budget 2019
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Brief
Juego de ruedas para la aplicacion de funguicidas en el manejo de la rancha de la papa
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Brief
Irish Aid-CIP Partnership: Rooting out hunger and malnutrition in Africa with nutritious sweetpotato.
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Brief
Decision support discs for the use of fungicides to control potato late blight disease
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Report
Effects of commercialization of sweetpotato on gender relations and wellbeing among smallholder farmers: Technical workshop to review study findings and develop recommendations for improved programming.
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Report
Incentives and constraints to an expanded and viable orange‐fleshed sweetpotato value chain: The case of Kenya.
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Report
Building gender equitable sweetpotato value chains: recommendations for programming.
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Report
Making the agriculture sector work for youth: A tool to promote young men and women’s engagement in growing root, tuber and banana crops.
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Report
Building commercial partnerships for orange‐fleshed sweetpotato processing: Evidence and lessons for programming.
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Report
System strengthening approaches for scaling up development outcomes from agricultural research. Knowledge sharing workshop. 13‐15 November 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Report
Incentives and disincentives to investment in orange-fleshed sweetpotato – The case of a pro-poor public-private partnership in Rwanda. Technical assessment of orange-fleshed sweetpotato value chain in Rwanda.
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Journal Article
Development of a physicochemical method to quantify the extracellular liquid volume: Application to the transformation of cassava into gari
Poster
Building capacity of next-users: Training farmer promoters and agronomists with BXW-App in Rwanda
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Book Chapter
Climatic resilient agriculture for root, tuber, and banana crops using plant growth-promoting microbes
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A bird locked in a cage: Hmong young women’s lives after marriage in northern Vietnam.
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Cryopreservation of wild and cultivated germplasm of Musa
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Book Chapter
The implications of gender relations for modern approaches to crop improvement and plant breeding.
Book Chapter
Application of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy in screening of fresh cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz) storage roots for provitamin A carotenoids
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Book Chapter
Climate change and seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas: The cases of potato in Kenya and sweetpotato in Mozambique
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Book Chapter
Innovation platforms: synopsis of innovation platforms in agricultural research and development
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CRISPR/Cas9 editing of endogenous banana streak virus in the B genome of Musa spp. overcomes a major challenge in banana breeding
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Determinants of intensity of biomass utilization: evidence from cassava smallholders in Nigeria
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Evaluation of the American yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) for storage root yield across varying eco-geographic conditions in Uganda
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Metabolite profiling characterises chemotypes of Musa diploids and triploids at juvenile and preflowering growth stages
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Chromosome painting facilitates anchoring reference genome sequence to chromosomes In Situ and integrated karyotyping in banana (Musa Spp.)
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Nutritional quality of fritters produced from fresh cassava roots, high-quality cassava and soy flour blends, and consumer preferences
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Drought resistance indices for screening of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes
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Surveillance for Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV) in Cambodia and Vietnam one year after its initial detection in a single plantation in 2015
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Genetic diversity and core subset selection in ex situ seed collections of the banana crop wild relative Musa balbisiana
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Culturally embedded practices of managing banana diversity and planting material in central Uganda
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Distribution of Pseudocercospora species causing Sigatoka leaf diseases of banana in Uganda and Tanzania
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The role of women in production and management of RTB crops in Rwanda and Burundi: Do men decide, and women work?
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Gender-based constraints affecting biofortified cassava production, processing and marketing among men and women adopters in Oyo and Benue States, Nigeria
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First detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (TR4) on Cavendish banana in India
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Efficient slow-growth conservation and assessment of clonal fidelity of Ullucus tuberosus Caldas microshoots
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Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple
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Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and single nucleotide polymorphism genotype by sequencing analyses reveal the bean chemical profiles and relatedness of Coffea canephora genotypes in Nigeria
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Understanding gender roles and practices in the household and on the farm: Implications for banana disease management innovation processes in Burundi
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Biophysical potential of crop residues for biochar carbon sequestration, and co-benefits, in Uganda
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Adoption of roguing to contain banana bunchy top disease in south-east Benin: role of farmers’ knowledge and perception
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Long-term recovery of the functional community assembly and carbon pools in an African tropical forest succession
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A method for generating virus-free cassava plants to combat viral disease epidemics in Africa
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A global overview of cassava genetic diversity
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Genetic diversity of Ethiopian cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp] genotypes using multivariate analyses
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Genetic diversity and population structure of early-maturing tropical maize inbred lines using SNP markers
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Banishing banana wilt: can it get any easier?
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Transcriptomic analysis of sweet potato under dehydration stress identifies candidate genes for drought tolerance.
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Gene pool subdivision of East African sweetpotato parental material
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Maize-nutrient response functions for eastern and southern Africa
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Efficacy of chemotherapy and thermotherapy in elimination of east African cassava mosaic virus from Tanzanian cassava landrace
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Bioactive compounds of freshly harvested open pollinated varieties (OPV) of orange maize (zea mays): varietal, maturity, and boiling methods effects
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Identifying crop research priorities based on potential economic and poverty reduction impacts: the case of cassava in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
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S-acylation mediates Mungbean yellow mosaic virus AC4 localization to the plasma membrane and in turns gene silencing suppression
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Cassava response to the integrated use of manure and NPK fertilizer in Zambia
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Control of bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) in potato (Solanum tuberosum) using rhizobacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi.
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Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa
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Risk assessment for epidemic spread of the quarantined potato pathogen Synchytrium endobioticum in the Republic of Georgia
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Towards gender-responsive banana research for development in the East-African Highlands
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Good practices and innovations for impact at scale
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Current situation of rapid multiplication techniques for early generation seed potato production in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Management of cyst and root knot nematodes: a chemical ecology perspective
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Impact of improved maize varieties on food security in eastern Zambia: a doubly robust analysis
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The rapid degradation of Lambda-Cyhalothrin makes treated vegetables relatively safe for consumption
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Cassava trait preferences of men and women farmers in Nigeria: implications for breeding
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Recent advances in banana (Musa spp.) biofortification to alleviate vitamin A deficiency
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Snack food from unripe plantain and orange vesicle composite flour: nutritional and sensory properties
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Nutrient use efficiency and harvest index of cassava decline as fertigation solution concentration increases
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The physiochemical properties and shelf‐life of orange‐fleshed sweet potato puree composite bread
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How big is the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) yield gap in Sub-Saharan Africa and why? A participatory approach.
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Gene expression polymorphism underpins evasion of host immunity in an asexual lineage of the Irish potato famine pathogen
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Genetic variances and heritabilities of early yellow maize population following cycles of improvement for Striga resistance and drought tolerance
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Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective in agroforestry context: Learning guide.
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Tackling bacterial wilt of potato in Ethiopia. Key messages. CIP Policy Brief 01.
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Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective in agro-forestry context
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Postharvest losses and their determinants: A challenge to creating a sustainable cooking banana value chain in Uganda.
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Cassava matters
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Plant-parasitic nematodes and food security in sub-saharan Africa
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The complex distribution of plantain cultivars (Musa sp., AAB subgroup) in the Bas-Uele province of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Can parentage analysis facilitate breeding activities in root and tuber crops?
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Caught off guard folk knowledge proves deficient when addressing invasive pests in Asian cassava systems
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Identification of key root volatiles signaling preference of tomato over spinach by the Root Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita
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Genomics-Assisted Breeding in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)
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Effects of multi-stakeholder platforms on multi-stakeholder innovation networks: implications for research for development interventions targeting innovations at scale
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Mapping of QTLs associated with recovery resistance to streak virus disease in maize
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Understanding root, tuber, and banana seed systems and coordination breakdown: A multi-stakeholder framework.
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Performance of selected yellow cassava genotypes for total carotenoid content and yield components in an advance yield trial in 3 environments in Nigeria
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Development of a Novel Integrated Approach to Monitor Processing of Cassava Roots into Gari: Macroscopic and Microscopic Scales
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Evaluation of cassava hybrids performance obtained by controlled pollination of elite accessions from Niari landscape in the Republic of Congo
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State of the Knowledge for Gender in Breeding: Case Studies for Practitioners
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Exploring the yield gap of orange-fleshed sweet potato varieties on smallholder farmers’ fields in Malawi.
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Wheat nutrient response functions for the east Africa highlands
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Perceptions of the role played by aquaculture and the services it provides for territories: complementarity of survey types
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Estimating the productivity impacts of technology adoption in the presence of misclassification
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The interaction of strigolactones with abscisic acid during the drought response in rice
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A decision checklist for gender-responsive plant and animal breeding
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Rapid detection of potyviruses from crude plant extracts
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KSTP 94, an open-pollinated maize variety has postattachment resistance to purple witchweed (Striga hermonthica)
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Comparing modeling approaches for assessing priorities in international agricultural research
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The morphological diversity of plantain in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas: a gendered approach to food security, nutrition and income.
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Impacts of improved maize varieties in Nigeria: ex-post assessment of productivity and welfare outcomes
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Silencing of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) fus3 and slt2 in pseudocercospora fijiensis reduces growth and virulence on host plants
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Uptake Pathways to Achieve Gender-Responsive Breeding
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Farmers’ knowledge and practices of potato disease management in Ethiopia
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Improving genomic prediction in cassava field experiments by accounting for interplot competition
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Diagnosis of management of bacterial wilt and late blight in potato in Ethiopia: A systems thinking perspective
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Moving from tools to deliverables and outcomes. Proceedings of the annual meeting of cluster CC2.1 (Improving RTB planting material and access to new varieties)
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Critical Decisions for Ensuring Plant or Animal Breeding is Gender-Responsive
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Resource mobilization for Gender-Responsive Breeding
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Gender in agricultural mechanization: Key guiding questions
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From Market Demand to Breeding Decisions: A Framework
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Gender and social targeting in plant breeding
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The plantain proteome, a focus on Allele specific proteins obtained from plantain fruits
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Strengthening collective action to improve marketing performance: evidence from farmer groups in Central Africa
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Landscape context does not constrain biological control of Phenacoccus manihoti in intensified cassava systems of southern Vietnam
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Developing a biocontrol strategy to protect stored potato tubers from infestation with potato tuber moth species in the Andean region.
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Participatory varietal selection of potato and agronomic performance with farmers’ feedback on new varieties.
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Mapping cassava food value chains in Tanzania’s smallholder farming sector: the implications of intra-household gender dynamics.
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Leaves metabolomic profiling of Musa acuminata accessions using UPLC–QTOF–MS/MS and their antioxidant activity
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Root and tuber crops: Untapped potential for food and nutrition security and rural livelihood development in Myanmar. Results of a scoping study.
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Ensuring the genetic diversity of potatoes
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Modeling the dynamics of banana Xanthomonas wilt transmission incorporating infectious force in both asymptomatic and symptomatic stages
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Selection and testing result of KT1 potato variety for fresh consumption and food processing in Northern provinces.
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Roundtable meeting Nairobi, Kenya – Kenya crops & dairy market systems
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Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya – Sustain Malawi Report. August 2018
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Accelerated value chain development (AVCD) program: Root crops component: Proper hilling to improve potato yields
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Good agricultural practices: an end or a starting point for more sustainable banana production?
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Reflections and challenges: nematology in subtropical and tropical agriculture
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A case study of cassava trait preferences of men and women farmers in Nigeria: implications for gender-responsive cassava variety development
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Supporting smallholder women farmers in potato cultivation
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Xanthomonas bacterial wilt
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Molecular diversity of Scutellonema bradys populations from Benin, based on ITS1 rDNA and COI mtDNA
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Genome-wide association mapping and genomic prediction for CBSD resistance in Manihot esculenta
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Nitrogen and phosphorous uptake by potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and their use efficiency under potato-legume intercropping systems
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Optimizing yield and economic returns of rain-fed potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) through water conservation under potato-legume intercropping systems.
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Good manufacturing practices and microbial contamination sources in orange fleshed sweet potato puree processing plant in Kenya.
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World management of geminiviruses
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An optimized isolation protocol yields high‐quality RNA from cassava tissues (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
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Yield response and economic performance of participatory evaluated elite vegetable cultivars in intensive farming systems in Tanzania
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Does information on food production technology affect consumers’ acceptance of biofortified foods? Evidence from a field experiment in Kenya.
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Canopy management, leaf fall and litter quality of dominant tree species in the banana agroforestry system in Uganda
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Réponse du soja (Glycine max L.) à des doses croissantes du DAP et Urée au Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
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Recombinations and large structural variations shape the mosaic genomes of interspecific edible bananas
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Training population optimization for prediction of cassava brown streak disease resistance in west African clones
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Retention of pro-vitamin A carotenoid in composite bread baked with high quality cassava flour from yellow-fleshed cassava root
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Effective biological control of an invasive mealybug pest enhances root yield in cassava
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Local normative climate shaping agency and agricultural livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa
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Community typology framed by normative climate for agricultural innovation, empowerment, and poverty reduction
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Development of two high-yielding, consumer-acceptable apple banana hybrids (Musa species, AAB genome group) with resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 1
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Aflatoxin awareness and Aflasafe adoption potential of Nigerian smallholder maize farmers
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Foliar anatomy of clausena anisata (willd.) hook: a south African medicinal plant
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Pollination success in some white yam genotypes under polycross and nested mating designs
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Three new genome assemblies support a rapid radiation in Musa acuminata (wild banana)
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EST-SSR development for Digitaria exilis and its relatives D. iburua and D. longiflora from transcriptome sequences
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Tissue culture and next-generation sequencing: a combined approach for detecting yam (Dioscorea spp.) viruses
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Impact of Environment and Genotype-by-Environment Interaction on Functional Properties of Amylose-Free and Wildtype Cassava Starches
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Combining means-end chain analysis and goal-priming to analyze Tanzanian farmers’ motivations to invest in quality seed of new potato varieties
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Two new invasive whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) to Tanzania
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Progress in understanding Pseudocercospora banana pathogens and the development of resistant Musa germplasm
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Opportunities and pitfalls for researchers to contribute to the design of evidence-based agricultural policies: lessons from Uganda
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Molecular and genetic characterization of the Ry adg locus on chromosome XI from Andigena potatoes conferring extreme resistance to potato virus Y.
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Xanthomonas wilt of banana (BXW) in Central Africa: opportunities, challenges, and pathways for citizen science and ICT-based control and prevention strategies
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Banana Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense) control and resistance, in the context of developing wilt-resistant bananas within sustainable production systems
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Effect of potato hilling on soil temperature, soil moisture distribution and sediment yield on a sloping terrain
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Recovering banana production in bunchy top-affected areas in sub-Saharan Africa: developing gender-responsive approaches
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Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda
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Effect of nutrition education and psychosocial factors on child feeding practices: findings of a field experiment with biofortified foods and different women categories
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Regional Heritability Mapping provides insights into Dry matter (DM) Content in African white and yellow cassava populations
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Correlation and path coefficient analyses of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) landraces in Ethiopia
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Risks posed by intercrops and weeds as alternative hosts to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in banana fields
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Sources of resistance in Musa to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, the causal agent of banana xanthomonas wilt
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Does gender matter in effective management of plant disease epidemics? Insights from a survey among rural banana farming households in Uganda
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Profitability of cassava production: comparing the actual and potential returns on investment among smallholders in southern Nigeria
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Characterization of tuber blight suppressive soils from four provinces of the Ecuadorean Andes.
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Combined linkage and association mapping reveal QTL for host plant resistance to common rust (Puccinia sorghi) in tropical maize
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Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production
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Genomic prediction in a multiploid crop: genotype by environment interaction and allele dosage effects on predictive ability in banana
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“Estimating the productivity impacts of technology adoption in the presence of misclassification” – author response to comment
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Homeolog expression analysis in an allotriploid non-model crop via integration of transcriptomics and proteomics
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Preliminary evidence of nocturnal transpiration and stomatal conductance in potato and their interaction with drought and yield.
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Effects of acidification and preservatives on microbial growth during storage of orange fleshed sweet potato puree
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Distinct strains of the re‐emergent Cassava common mosaic virus (Genus: Potexvirus) infecting cassava in Argentina
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Root endophytic status of west African biocontrol agents and implications for root-knot nematode management
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Effect of chicken manure application on cassava biomass and root yields in two agro-ecologies of Zambia
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Exchanging and managing in-vitro elite germplasm to combat cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava mosaic disease (CMD) in Eastern and Southern Africa
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Identifying crop research priorities based on potential economic and poverty reduction impacts: The case of cassava in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
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Non-destructive shoot biomass evaluation using a handheld NDVI sensor for field-grown staking Yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.)
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Banana diversity in the Oriental provinces, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Motivations and cognitive models associated with decentralized seed multiplication: Experiences from biofortified sweetpotato vine multipliers in Kenya and Ethiopia
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Collection of new diversity of wild and cultivated bananas (Musa spp.) in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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Innovation Platforms in agricultural research for development: Ex-ante Appraisal of the Purposes and Conditions Under Which Innovation Platforms can Contribute to Agricultural Development Outcomes
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First report of fusarium wilt on cavendish bananas, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (VCG 01213/16), in Vietnam
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Gains in grain yield of extra-early maize during three breeding periods under drought and rain-fed conditions
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Efficiency and its determinants among smallholder farming units supplying cassava to commercial starch processors in Nigeria: data envelopment analysis approach
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Gender-based constraints affecting biofortified cassava production, processing and marketing among men and women adopters in Oyo and Benue States, Nigeria
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Fusarium wilt of banana: Current knowledge on epidemiology and research needs toward sustainable disease management
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Évaluation du potentiel prolifératif de six cultivars de bananier (cv. AAB, ABB, et AAA) par macropropagation en République Démocratique du Congo.
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Yam tuber and maize grain yield response to cropping system intensification in south-west Nigeria
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Manual
Training of trainers (ToT) module on biofortification: A sustainable solution to hidden hunger. Facilitator’s guide
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Aqua-based business school with gender and climate perspective: Learning guide (filipino)
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Tools for understanding the agricultural production systems and their socio-economic context in target regions for the introduction of new banana cultivars: trait preferences for banana products and varieties focus group discussion
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Select the best. Positive selection to improve farm saved seed potatoes (Georgian)
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Tools for understanding the agricultural production systems and their socio-economic context in target regions for the introduction of new banana cultivars: Seasonal calendar focus group discussion
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Training of trainers (ToT) module on biofortification: A sustainable solution to hidden hunger. Guidance slides.
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Field guide for identification of major potato pests and diseases in Meghalaya, India (Khasi).
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Aqua-based business school with gender and climate perspective: Learning guide
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Training of trainers (ToT) module on biofortification: A sustainable solution to hidden hunger. Participant’s guide.
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Field guide for identification of major potato pests and diseases in Meghalaya, India.
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Tools for understanding the agricultural production systems and their socio-economic context in target regions for the introduction of new banana cultivars: Weekly & daily calendar focus group discussion.
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Training on ensiling sweetpotato, cassava and other locally available material for feeding pigs and cattle. Training guide and summary of content.
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Tools for understanding the agricultural production systems and their socio-economic context in target regions for the introduction of new banana cultivars: Community wealth ranking focus group discussion
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Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya – partnerships for commercial sweetpotato processing: background and purpose
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Roundtable meeting Nairobi, Kenya – Group 2: regulators
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Roundtable meeting Nairobi, Kenya – Thematic discussion group 1
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Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya – Incentives and constraints to expand of viable OFSP commercial value chain – the case of Malawi.
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Roundtable meeting Nairobi, Kenya – Healhty food ingredients made from 100% OFSP sweet potato
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Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya – exploring options for partnering and coinvestment in OFSP commercialization
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Roundtable meeting Nairobi, Kenya – KEBS in brief
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Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya – Sustain Rwanda project updates
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Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya – Incentives and disincentives to invest in orange fleshed sweetpotato – the case of pro-poor public-private partnerships in Rwanda
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Roundtable Meeting Nairobi, Kenya – Group 3: development practitioners
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Influence of growth nutrient and rooting hormone on survival and growth of Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH TM) cassava plantlets
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Resistance inductors for potato late blight management in Peru
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Evaluation of biofortified cassava varieties for total carotenoid and yield components at preliminary breeding stage
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Response of root dry matter content of four improved cassava genotypes to fertilizer application in two agro-ecologies in Nigeria
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Seed availability, access and quality of potato seed systems in Cotopaxi-Ecuador
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Understanding gender roles and practices in innovation processes
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Potato and sweetpotato for healthier food systems.
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Current diversity of Phytophthora infestans infecting cultivated potato in the Peruvian Andes
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Brief
Towards gender-responsive banana research for development in the East-African Highlands
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Ladder of power and freedom: A qualitative data collection tool to understand local perceptions of agency and decision-making.
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Aqua-based business school with gender and climate perspective
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Aqua-based business school with gender and climate perspective (filipino)
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Most significant change in the Cordilleras: A pilot evaluation.
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Conference Paper
The 2016 Global Strategy for the conservation and use of Musa genetic resources – key strategic elements
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The banana microbiome: stability and potential health indicators
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The frequency and effects of weather events on banana productivity – results of a global survey
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Effects of Xanthomonas wilt and other banana diseases on ecosystem services in banana-based agroecosystems
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Agroecological integration of shade-and drought-tolerant food/feed crops for year round productivity in banana-based systems under rain-fed conditions in Central Africa
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Integrating management practices to support banana production in the presence of Fusarium wilt
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Mosaic genome structure and chromosome segregation in polyploid interspecific plantain bananas and derived breeding accessions
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Plantain diversity in the Democratic Republic of Congo and future prospects
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Banana-based beverages in East and Central Africa – a money-maker for rural male and female value-chain actors?
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Step by step tools to identify ecological intensification alternatives for banana cropping systems
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Ecologically sustainable technologies for management of highland banana pests in East and Central Africa
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Farmers’ knowledge and management of potato late blight in Peruvian highlands: implications for an integrated disease management program
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Recovering banana production in bunchy top-affected areas in Sub-Saharan Africa: developing gender-responsive approaches
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Management of Fusarium wilt of bananas in Minas Gerais, Brazil
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A quantified approach to projecting losses caused by Fusarium wilt Tropical race 4
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Una introduccion al marco politico, institucional y normativo sobre la retribucion por servicios de conservacion de la agrobiodiversidad en el Peru
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Net tunnel to protect sweetpotato vine cuttings from pest and disease.
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Rumah Kasa untuk Melindungi Stek Kating Ubijalar dari Hama dan Penyakit
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Nhà lưới ươm giống khoai lang tránh nhiễm dịch bệnh và sâu hại
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Report
Gender dimensions of farming practices in root and tuber crops and proposed gender and social considerations for interventions. Technical report.
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Root and tuber crops: Untapped potential for food and nutrition security and rural livelihood development in Myanmar. Results of a scoping study.
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Food Safety Training Workshop. Theme: Managing food safety and quality in small-scale food processing for Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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RTB Annual Report 2017: From science to scaling
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Rapid analyses of dry matter content and carotenoids in fresh cassava roots using a portable visible and near infrared spectrometer (Vis/NIRS)
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Efficient regeneration system for rapid multiplication of clean planting material of Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman
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Mixed infection of peste-des-petits ruminants and Capripox in goats in south Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Evaluation of proximate composition and pasting properties of high quality cassava flour (HQCF) from cassava genotypes (Manihot esculenta Crantz) of b-carotene-enriched roots
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Performance of cassava brown streak disease-tolerant varieties in Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Soil organic carbon stocks and fractionation under different land uses in the Peruvian high-Andean Puna.
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Potato production, marketing, and utilization in Meghalaya, India: Results of a value chain assessment.
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Una mirada a los incentivos para la conservacion in situ de recursos fitogeneticos en el Peru
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Scaling readiness: Accelerating the scaling of RTB interventions. Newsletter No.3
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Root and tuber crops for food security and income generation in Hunan, China: results of a scoping study
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Technology is not gender neutral: factors that influence the potential adoption of agricultural technology by men and women.
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La tecnología no es neutral: factores que influyen en la potencial adopción de tecnología agrícola por hombres y mujeres.
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Farmers’ knowledge and perception of enset Xanthomonas wilt in southern Ethiopia
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Unravelling the genetic diversity among cassava Bemisia tabaci whiteflies using NextRAD Sequencing
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Bioinformatics analysis to assess potential risks of allergenicity and toxicity of HRAP and PFLP proteins in genetically modified bananas resistant to Xanthomonas wilt disease
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Sweetpotato slip planting density and slip length optimization for mass production of quality planting material in smallholder farm settings.
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Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Correlated Traits in Cassava: Dry Matter and Total Carotenoid Content
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Heritability for yield and glycoalkaloid content in potato breeding under warm environments.
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Relative susceptibility of Musa genotypes to banana bunchy top disease in Cameroon and implication for disease management
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Farmer business school: a climate-smart and gender-responsive approach.
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas Research.
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The science of scaling: enhancing the impact of agricultural innovations.
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Scaling readiness: Accelerating the scaling of RTB interventions. Newsletter No.2
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Gender mainstreaming in root tuber and banana crops seed systems interventions: identification of lessons learnt and gaps.
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Sweet potato wastes in major pig producing districts in Uganda: an opportunity for investment in silage technologies
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Experience and guidelines for PVS: Integrating gender and potato breeding
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Dominant allele phylogeny and constitutive subgenome haplotype inference in bananas using mitochondrial and nuclear markers
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Reduce pests, enhance production: benefits of intercropping at high densities for okra farmers in Cameroon
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Resistance genes in global crop breeding networks
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The role of gender norms in access to agricultural training in Chikwawa and Phalombe, Malawi.
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Spatial analysis of temporal changes in the pandemic of severe cassava mosaic disease in Northwestern Tanzania
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Epidemic network analysis for mitigation of invasive pathogens in seed systems: potato in Ecuador
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Impaired expressions of the beta and delta isoforms of vacuolar processing enzymes compromise the basal defenses of Arabidopsis thaliana against the phloem-feeding insect Myzus persicae
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Sweetpotato silage: a nutritious and affordable feed solution for small-scale pig farmers.
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Impact of fungicide application on taro leaf blight disease in three regions of Cameroon
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Colonization by the endophyte Piriformospora indica leads to early flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana likely by triggering gibberellin biosynthesis
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Evaluation of performance of introduced yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) in three agro-ecological zones of Rwanda
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Organic farming provides improved management of plant parasitic nematodes in maize and bean cropping systems
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Flagship project 4: Nutritious RTB food and value addition through postharvest innovation.
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Flagship project 2: Adapted productive varieties quality seeds.
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Flagship project 5: Improved livelihoods at scale.
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Flagship project 3: Resilient RTB crops.
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Flagship project 1: Discovery research for enhanced utilization of RTB genetic resources.
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Communication and open access.
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RTB quality of research for development (QR4D): current thinking and future perspectives
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Monitoring, evaluation and learning.
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Gender and youth research in RTB phase 2.
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Overview of RTB: Staying the best!
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Feeding behavior of cassava and non-cassava colonizing genotypes of Bemisia tabaci
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The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project model.
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The International Potato Center (CIP) in Tanzania: achievements and impact.
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Yield responses in cassava – maize intercropping across diverse environments in Southern Nigeria
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Accelerated learning through characterization of smallholder cassava production systems.
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Extending the shelf life of cassava through waxing.
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Trait variation in a banana training population for genomic selection.
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Net tunnels reduce degeneration of sweetpotato planting material in smallholder farm conditions in Tanzania.
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Scaling-up multiple biofortified crops for nutrition security in Nigeria and Tanzania
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Viable sweetpotato technologies in Africa – Tanzania project
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Brief
Revolutionary mobile app for monitoring crop pests and diseases
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Brief
El CIAT en Centroamérica: Ciencia con impacto
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Book
Catalogo de variedades de papa nativa del sureste del departamento de Junin – Peru.
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Report
The culture of banana cultivation: an exploratory study of a local banana seed system in Central Uganda.
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Technical Report: Market and value chain analysis of ware potato from eastern Uganda with a focus on postharvest management practices and losses
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Effect of soy protein isolate on the functional, pasting, and sensory acceptability of cassava starch-based custard
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Annual Report 2016: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
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Rapid response to disease outbreaks in maize cultivation: the case of maize lethal necrosis
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Implications of tillage practices, management of soil surface and fertilizer application on sustainable dryland agriculture: a case study of Eastern Rwanda
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Impacts of extension access and cooperative membership on technology adoption and household welfare
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Midgut bacterial diversity analysis of laboratory reared and wild Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in Kenya
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Estimation of soil erosion risk, its valuation and economic implications for agricultural production in western part of Rwanda
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Application of in-vitro micropropagation technique for sustainable production of four local taro cultivars [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] in Cameroon
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QTL mapping for pest and disease resistance in cassava and coincidence with some introgression regions derived from M. glaziovii
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QTL associated with resistance to cassava brown streak and cassava mosaic diseases in a bi-parental cross of two Tanzanian farmer varieties, Namikonga and Albert
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PCR-DGGE analysis: unravelling complex mixtures of badnavirus sequences present in yam germplasm
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Will farmers intend to cultivate Provitamin A genetically modified (GM) cassava in Nigeria? Evidence from a k-means segmentation analysis of beliefs and attitudes
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Genetic diversity and population structure of Striga hermonthica populations from Kenya and Nigeria
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Intensity and distribution of Meloidogyne Spp. in cowpea growing areas of Mozambique
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Regulation status of quarantine pests of rice seeds in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
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Limits of phytosanitation and host plant resistance towards the control of cassava viruses in Uganda
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Brief
Assessing gaps between existing cassava and sweetpotato farming and climate smart agriculture practices in Quang Binh province, Vietnam.
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Assessing gaps between existing cassava and sweetpotato farming and climate smart agriculture practices in Quang Binh province, Vietnam (Vietnamese).
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Report
Cassava and sweetpotato cropping practices and farmer communication networks in Quan Binh Province, Vietnam.
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Technical Report: Economic viability of ware potato storage in ambient stores in Eastern Uganda
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Expressed centromere specific histone 3 (CENH3) variants in cultivated triploid and wild diploid bananas (Musa spp.)
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Occurrence of regulated mycotoxins and other microbial metabolites in dried cassava products from Nigeria
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Women’s empowerment in traditional food value chains at the micro-level: evidence from cassava smallholder farming in Tanzania
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Trait variation and genetic diversity in a banana genomic selection training population
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Molecular characterization of Ralstonia solanacearum strains from Ethiopia and tracing potential source of bacterial wilt disease outbreak in seed potatoes
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Diversity of root-knot nematodes associated with tubers of yam (Dioscorea spp.) established using isozyme analysis and mitochondrial DNA-based identification
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RTB Breeding community of practice and NextGen breeding clusters: foundation and planning workshop
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Poster
Application of Near Infra-red Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) in screening of fresh cassava (Manihot esculenta) storage roots for provitamin A carotenoids
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Book
Guidelines for innovation platforms in agricultural research for development: decision support for research, development and funding agencies on how to design, budget and implement impactful innovation platforms
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Technical Report: Effect of storage conditions on the processing quality of different potato varieties grown in Eastern Uganda
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Technical Report: Evaluation of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes for adaptability in Mt. Elgon Region of Uganda
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Newsletter
Cassava Matters
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Re-defining the yam (Dioscorea spp.) core collection using morphological traits
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Maximizing farm-level uptake and diffusion of biological control innovations in today’s digital era
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Report
On developing the RTB toolbox. RTB workshop cluster CC2.1 phase 2.
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Cassava haplotype map highlights fixation of deleterious mutations during clonal propagation
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Compositional dynamics of multilevel innovation platforms in agricultural research for development
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Internal Document
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas – Plan of Work and Budget 2017
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Brief
Root and tuber crops in Central Vietnam: an underestimated potential for food and income? Results of a scoping study.
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Roots and tubers for livelihood enhancement in Meghalaya, India. Results of a scoping study.
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Brief
Root and tubers crops: production-use systems and food resilience in agro-forestry ecosystems in Central Philippines. Results of a scoping study.
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Root and tubers crops: production-use systems and food resilience in agri-aqua ecosystems in Central Philippines. Results of a scoping study.
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Brief of scoping study. Root and tuber crops in Central Vietnam: An underestimated potential for food and income (Vietnamese).
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Addressing the economic and health challenges facing smallholder communities through roots and tubers in Maluku and Maluku Utara, Indonesia – results of a scoping study.
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Report
RTB Performance Monitoring Report 2016.
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Technical Report: Economic analysis of sweetpotato silage based diets for smallholder pig farmers in Uganda
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Newsletter
Cassava Matters
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Journal Article
Resolution of cassava-infecting alphaflexiviruses: Molecular and biological characterization of a novel group of potexviruses lacking the TGB3 gene
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Combined application of biofertilizers and inorganic nutrients improves sweet potato yields
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Brief
Why gender matters for marketing
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Journal Article
Productivity and food security effects of using of certified seed potato: The case of Kenya’s potato farmers
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A temperature-dependent phenology model for Liriomyza huidobrensis (diptera: Agromyzidae).
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Plateformes d’innovation comme dispositif d’orientation des trajectoires technologiques des filières agricoles. Cas de la filière banane plantain en Côte d’Ivoire
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Tackling vitamin A deficiency with biofortified sweetpotato in sub-Saharan Africa.
Brief
Why gender matters when developing post-harvest technologies.
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Why gender matters in collective action for agricultural innovation
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Newsletter
SARD-SC Newsletter
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RTB Annual Review and Planning Meeting Report 2017.
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Book
Ware potato harvesting and storage techniques: guidelines for harvesting and storage management of ware potato.
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Technical report: Cost-benefit analysis of cooking banana seed propagation methods
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Technical Report: Storage temperatures for shelf-life extension of different cooking banana presentation forms
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Technical report: efficacy of pruning, waxing and relative humidity storage in extending shelf-life of fresh cassava roots. Extending the shelf-life of fresh cassava roots for increased incomes and postharvest losses reduction.
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Report
Technical report: Improved potato harvesting techniques.
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Presentation
Postharvest losses along the cooking banana, potato and cassava fresh value chains in Uganda.
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Report
Annual Review and Planning Meeting Report
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Journal Article
Determinants of productivity of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria: a baseline evidence
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Journal Article
Specialised sweetpotato vine multiplication in Lake Zone, Tanzania: What “sticks” and what changes?.
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The invasive Liriomyza huidobrensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae): understanding its pest status and management globally.
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Effect of sources of sweetpotato planting material for quality vine and root yield
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Manual
A manual for large-scale sample collection, preservation, tracking, DNA extraction, and variety identification analysis
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Book
Cassava farmers’ preferences for varieties and seed dissemination system in Nigeria: gender and regional perspectives
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Report
The cassava monitoring survey in Nigeria: final report
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Technical report: Characteristics of silage based on sweetpotato with combinations of local feed resources in Uganda.
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Technical report: Effect of sweetpotato silage diets on performance of growing pigs in Uganda.
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Technical report: Optimization of the harvest stage for reducing cooking banana postharvest losses: a multi-criteria approach targeting matooke end-product.
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Manual
Sweetpotato silage manual for smallholder farmers.
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Newsletter
Cassava Matters
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Journal Article
A simple hydroponic hardening system and the effect of nitrogen source on the acclimation of in vitro cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
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Workshop report: PMCA final event. Reducing postharvest losses and promoting product differentiation in the cooking banana value chain
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Technical report: An evaluation of current pig feeding practices on smallholder farms in Masaka and Kamuli districts of Uganda.
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Book Chapter
Gender norms and agricultural innovation: insights from Uganda
Journal Article
Cassava mosaic disease: incidence and yield performance of cassava cultivars in Zambia
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Verticillium dahliae disease resistance and the regulatory pathway for maturity and tuberization in potato
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Generation mean analysis of phosphorus-use efficiency in freely nodulating soybean crosses grown in low-phosphorus soil
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Manual
The ABC of weed management in cassava production in Nigeria: a training manual
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Book
Selección participativa de variedades de papa (SPV) usando el diseño mamá y bebé: una guía para capacitadores con perspectiva de género.
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Conference Paper
The quest for climate smart varieties: phenotyping the banana biodiversity
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Report
Technical Report. Rapid market assessment: viable sweetpotato technologies in Africa-Tanzania.
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Gender in agricultural change: Towards more inclusive innovation in farming communities. GENNOVATE report to the CGIAR Research Programs on Roots, Tubers and Bananas and Humidtropics.
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Book Chapter
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.).
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Breeding, delivery, use and benefits of bio-fortified cassava
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Integrated pest management of root and tuber crops in the tropics
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Optimizing fertilizer use within the context of integrated soil fertility management in Rwanda
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Book Chapter
Innovation in agriculture reduces pressure on forests
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Breeding cassava to meet consumer preferences for product quality
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Delivering integrated climate-smart agricultural technologies for wider utilization in Southern Africa
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Opportunities and challenges to implementing genomic selection in clonally propagated crops.
Book Chapter
Integrated pest management in banana and plantain
Book Chapter
Bananas and Plantains (Musa spp.)
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L’innovation dans le secteur agricole reduit la pression sur les forets
Book Chapter
Gender norms and agricultural innovation: Insights from Uganda
Book Chapter
Lupins in European cropping systems
Book Chapter
Weed control in cassava cropping systems
Book Chapter
Marker-assisted selection in cassava breeding
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Advancing key technical interventions through targeted investment
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Models supporting the engagement of the youth in smart agricultural enterprises
Book Chapter
Opportunities for smallholder farmers to benefit from conservation agricultural practices
Book Chapter
Pigeonpea sterility mosaic emaraviruses: a journey from a mysterious virus to classic emaraviruses
Journal Article
Potato crop health quality and yield losses in Ecuador
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Control effects of fluopyram on root knot nematodes
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Assessment of heavy metals and microbial contamination of gari from Liberia
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A control package revolving around the removal of single diseased banana stems is effective for the restoration of Xanthomonas wilt infected fields
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Can Andean potatoes be agronomically biofortified with iron and zinc fertilizers?
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Candidate gene sequencing and validation of SNP markers linked to carotenoid content in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
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First report of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (VCG 01213/16) associated with cavendish bananas in Laos
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Characterization of the formation of somatic embryos from mature zygotic embryos of Passiflora ligularis Juss.
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A risk assessment framework for seed degeneration: Informing an integrated seed health strategy for vegetatively-propagated crops
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Interactions Between Cassava Mosaic Geminiviruses and Their Vector, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
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Gender influence on participation in cassava value chains in smallholder farming sectors: evidence from Kigoma region, Tanzania
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Ground penetrating radar: a case study for estimating root bulking rate in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
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Evolutionary analyses of GRAS transcription factors in angiosperms
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Yield evaluation of nutrient-rich potato clones in high hill of Nepal.
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Deep sequencing of Suppression Subtractive Hybridisation drought and recovery libraries of the non-model crop Trifolium repens L.
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Improving genomic prediction in cassava field experiments using spatial analysis
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Planning and research for climate resilience
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Identification of QTLs for grain yield and other traits in tropical maize under high and low soil-nitrogen environments.
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Diversity of cultural practices used in banana plantations and possibilities for fine-tuning: Case of North Kivu and Ituri provinces, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Genome sequencing of the staple food crop white Guinea yam enables the development of a molecular marker for sex determination
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Members of Gammaproteobacteria as indicator species of healthy banana plants on Fusarium wilt-infested fields in Central America
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Aspergillus section Flavi community structure in Zambia influences aflatoxin contamination of maize and groundnut
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Nutritional and sensory properties: snack food made from high-quality cassava flour and legume blend
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Elucidation of the compatible interaction between banana and Meloidogyne incognita via high-throughput proteome profiling
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Genomic prediction unifies animal and plant breeding programs to form platforms for biological discovery
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The challenge of improving soil fertility in yam cropping systems of West Africa
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MGIS: managing banana (Musa spp.) genetic resources information and high-throughput genotyping data
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A time series transcriptome analysis of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) varieties challenged with Ugandan cassava brown streak virus
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The distribution and host range of the banana Fusarium wilt fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, in Asia
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Phytoplasma infection of a tropical root crop triggers bottom-up cascades by favoring generalist over specialist herbivores
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Performance of the SUBSTOR-potato model across contrasting growing conditions.
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Diversity and morphological characterization of Musa spp. in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Banana Xanthomonas wilt infection: the role of debudding and roguing as control options within a mixed cultivar plantation
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Cassava yield loss in farmer fields was mainly caused by low soil fertility and suboptimal management practices in two provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Accuracies of univariate and multivariate genomic prediction models in African cassava
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Relative efficiency of positive selection and tissue culture for generating pathogen-free planting materials of yam (Dioscorea spp.)
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Protoplasts transformation and gene knockout system of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense TR4
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On-farm diversity offsets environmental pressures in tropical agroecosystems: A synthetic review for cassava-based systems
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Current pest status of cassava and their management strategies in Cameroon
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A potato model inter-comparison across varyng climates and productivity levels
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Genetically engineered bananas resistant to Xanthomonas wilt disease and nematodes
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Technical efficiency and impact evaluation differentials between the adopters and non-adopters of Nerica in the six baseline states in Nigeria
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Development of an optimized cassava starch-based custard powder
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Household characteristics and market participation competence of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria
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Life history notes on Bicyclus dorothea Cramer (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in Cameroon
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Genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in East and Central Africa
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Symptomless banana suckers sourced from Xanthomonas wilt infected fields are a viable alternative for seed within infected banana-based landscapes lacking access to clean planting materials
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Effect of Farmers’ Multidimensional Beliefs on Adoption of Biofortified Crops Evidence from Sweetpotato Farmers in Tanzania
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Direct nematicidal effects of methyl jasmonate and acibenzolar-S-methyl against Meloidogyne incognita
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Evolution of the banana genome (Musa acuminata) is impacted by large chromosomal translocations
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Welfare impacts of improved groundnut varieties in eastern Zambia: a heterogeneous treatment effects approach
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Molecular and cytological characterization of the global Musa germplasm collection provides insights into the treasure of banana diversity
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Low cost potato warehouse facility for Karnataka: a success story
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Metabolite profiling of yam (Dioscorea spp.) accessions for use in crop improvement programmes
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Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia
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Evaluation and selection of true potato (Solanum tuberosum) seed families in North-Central plains of India.
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Characterizing the diversity of sweetpotato through growth parameters and leaf traits: Precocity and light use efficiency as important ordination factors.
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Performance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes under hill zone of Karnataka.
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High resolution DNA melting assays for detection of Rx1 and Rx2 for high-throughput marker assisted selection for extreme resistance to Potato virus X in tetraploid potato
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Bacterial diseases of bananas and enset: current state of knowledge and integrated approaches toward sustainable management
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Assessment of nutritional characteristics of products developed using soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) pipeline and improved varieties
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Evaluation of different banana varieties on Fusarium wilt TR4 resistance by phenotypic symptom and real-time quantitative PCR
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Profitability and technical efficiency of soybean production in northern Nigeria
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First report of Cassava Common Mosaic Disease and Cassava common mosaic virus infecting cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Peru
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Sensory evaluation of provitamin A carotenoid-rich banana cultivars on trial for potential adoption in Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Classification of elite cassava varieties (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivated in Benin Republic using farmers’ knowledge, morphological traits and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers
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Macropropagation of banana/plantain using selected local materials: a cost-effective way of mass propagation of planting materials for resource-poor households
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Morphological and molecular characterisation of Scutellonema species from yam (Dioscorea spp.) and a key to the species of the genus
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Lessons learned from the virus indexing of Musa germplasm: insights from a multiyear collaboration
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Retention of iron and zinc in yam flour and boiled yam processed from white yam (D. rotundata) varieties
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Unlocking the household ‘Black Box’: a gendered analysis of smallholder farmers’ participation in the cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz) value chain in Tanzania
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Multi-locational evaluation of cooking banana cultivars ‘NARITA 4’ hybrid and ‘Mpologoma’ in Rwanda
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Prospects for Genomic Selection in Cassava Breeding
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The role of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), and farmer practices in the spread of cassava brown streak ipomoviruses
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Manual
Banana diseases and pests: field guide for diagnostics and data collection
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Recommended sweetpotato farming practices in Quang Binh, Vietnam: A way to promote sustainable rural development and food security under a changing climate. A training manual (Vietnamese).
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Manual for clean foundation seed yam production using aeroponics system
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Technical manual potato reproductive and cytological biology.
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Recommended Sweetpotato Farming Practices in Southeast Asia: A way to promote sustainable rural development and food security under a changing climate.
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Manual
Farmer business schools in a changing world: a gender-responsive and climate-smart manual for strengthening farmer entrepreneurship.
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Demand-led approaches to drive post-harvest innovation and nutritious RTB products
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Gender equitable development and youth employment cluster kickoff meeting. Workshop Report
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Training Material
A community resource persons’ training guide: improving food and nutrition security through banana-based farming systems and foods
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Farmers’ adoption challenges, perception and preferences for yellow root cassava through participatory rural appraisal in Sierra Leone
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Capacity of cassava to compensate root yield losses caused by shoot harvest, through extended growth periods
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Performance and dry root yield stability of improved cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) clones evaluated in diverse agroecological zones of Nigeria
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Towards a gender responsive cassava breeding program in Nigeria
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Greater banana diversity contributes to capacity development and improved rural livelihoods in Africa
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Cassava root yield response to first and second season planting in Nigeria
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A genomic view of the banana (Musa spp.) diversification: the case of triploid ABB genome group
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Combining ability through line by tester analysis for root yield and total carotenoid concentration in biofortified cassava genotypes
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Quantification and identification of allele specific proteins for polyploidnon-model crops: Proof of principle for 3 banana genotypes/phenotypes
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Mainstreaming cassava biofortification in Africa: a contribution towards reducing malnutrition and hunger
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Brief
Gender-responsive participatory videos: a guide for facilitators (Vietnamese).
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Gender strategies for strengthening food resilience.
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CIAT in Central America: Science for impact
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Strategies for bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) management in potato field: Farmers’ guide
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Gender-responsive participatory videos: a guide for facilitators.
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Sweetpotato cropping guide
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Tools for understanding the agricultural production systems and their socio-economic context in target regions for the introduction of new banana cultivars: baseline intra-household survey.
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Effects of basal medium and plant growth regulator regimes on meristem and nodal cultures in white yam (D. rotundata)
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Formative gender evaluation: technical report on the viable sweetpotato technologies in Africa – Tanzania project.
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Key for a profitable and sustainable seed yam business enterprise: business plan and market development with record keeping for seed yam farmers
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Conference Paper
Consumer’s acceptability and willingness-to-pay for composite bread baked with high quality cassava flour from yellow-fleshed cassava roots
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Genome structure and chromosome segregation in triploid interspecific plantain bananas (AAB) and breeding accessions (AAAB)
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From diagnostic tools to decision: how to secure germplasm exchanges when plants harbor infective banana streak virus sequences in their genome
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Cryopreserving cassava meristems by droplet vitrification; trying to solve the regeneration problem.
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South Green Galaxy: a suite of tools for plant genomics
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Conference Paper
Chemical properties and consumer acceptability of analogue rice produced from cassava (Manihot esculenta) and maize (Zea mays)
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Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa Newsletter No. 0011
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Scaling readiness: Accelerating the scaling of RTB interventions
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Working Paper
Gender norms and farming households in rural Rwanda: a GENNOVATE case-study for the Nyamirama sector in Kayonza district.
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Brochure
Food resilience through root and tuber crops in upland and coastal communities of the Asia-Pacific (FoodSTART+).
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Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa Annual Report 2016
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Banana collecting mission in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB), Papua New Guinea.
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Demand-oriented solutions for value addition through improved postharvest management: Cross-cutting RTB research agenda and implementation strategy for RTB CC4.1. RTB Workshop Report.
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Priorities for RTB post-harvest innovations. RTB Workshop Report
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Adopcion e impacto de variedades mejoradas de papa en el Peru: Resultado de una encuesta a nivel nacional (2013).
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Potato production, marketing, and utilization in Meghalaya, India: Results of a value chain assessment.
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Recommended Sweetpotato Farming Practices in Quang Binh, Vietnam: A Way to Promote Sustainable Rural Development and Food Security under a Changing Climate. A Training Manual.
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Use of the concepts of vulnerability and resilience in relation of food security: A literature review.
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Report.“Exploration of wild banana populations in Papua New Guinea”, 7-17 June 2017
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Bananas of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville: a catalog of banana diversity seen on the islands of Bougainville and Buka, Papua New Guinea
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Final Report. Expanding utilisation of RTB and reducing their postharvest losses
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Training report: capacity building in entrepreneurial and business skills for operationalizing fresh cassava roots packhouse.
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RTB Annual Report 2016: Research for innovation and impact.
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Poster
Performance of proVitamin A cassava clones across eleven environments in two seasons in Nigeria
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Commercialisation of food crops and farm productivity: Evidence from smallholders in Central Africa
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Conservation dynamics of roots and tuber crops under on-farm management.
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Food Resilience Through Root and Tuber Crops in Upland and Coastal Communities of the Asia-Pacific (FoodSTART+). Progress Report 27 November 2015 to 31 December 2016
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Brief
CGIAR Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Community of Practice – Summary – 2nd Face to Face Meeting 2016
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Manual: setting up a packhouse for waxing and relative humidity storage of fresh cassava roots
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Training Report: Training of trainers and farmers’ training on validated sweetpotato silage making and use in Masaka and Kamuli districts.
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Training report: Enhancing ware potato storage critical steps in pre and post-harvest and storage management of potato in field for best ware quality.
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Manual
Manual: fresh cassava roots handling for waxing and relative humidity storage
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Report of the end of project workshop
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Newsletter
Cassava Matters
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Thermomechanical characterization of an amylose-free starch extracted from cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz)
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Complete sequence and variability of a new subgroup B nepovirus infecting potato in central Peru
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Development and validation of high-resolution melting markers derived from Ry sto STS markers for high-throughput marker-assisted selection of potato carrying Ry sto
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Improved energy performance of small-scale pneumatic dryers used for processing cassava in Africa
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Intensification and diversification of banana production systems: key drivers for increased income and food and nutritional security in the Great Lakes region
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Training report: Entrepreneurial skills for ware potato production, postharvest handling and marketing.
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Training Report: Business skills for potential sweetpotato silage entrepreneurs.
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Gender situational analysis of the cassava value chain in Western Uganda and strategies for gender equity in postharvest innovations
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Technical report: Postharvest Physiological Deterioration (PPD) tolerance of selected Ugandan cassava varieties. Extending the shelf-life of fresh cassava roots for increased incomes and postharvest losses reduction
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Agronomic performance of local and introduced plantains, dessert, cooking and beer bananas (Musa spp.) across different altitude and soil conditions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Presentation
Innovative processing of cassava peels to livestock feeds
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Coring method of sampling potato tubers to detect ralstonia solanacearum.
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Facteurs affectant le choix des pratiques et stratégies paysannes face au flétrissement bactérien du bananier dans la région du Bushi, à l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo
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Detection of molecular markers linked to Ry genes in potato germplasm for marker-assisted selection for extreme resistance to PVY in AAFC’s potato breeding program
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Weed management in cassava in Africa: challenges and opportunities
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Agri-food systems research in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas.
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Summary booklet of the global strategy for the conservation and use of Musa genetic resources : A consultative document prepared by the Global Musa Genetic Resources Network (MusaNet)
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Brochure
RTB-University gender partnership initiative.
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Testing alternative methods of varietal identification using DNA fingerprinting: results of pilot studies in Ghana and Zambia
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Research on local seed potato value chain gaps and bottlenecks in Tajikistan. Potato production support and research to improve food security in Khatlon, Tajikistan
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Gender situational analysis of the sweetpotato value chain in Central and Eastern Uganda and strategies for gender equity in postharvest innovations.
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Cassava Matters: Issue No. 003
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CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas Agri-food Systems Site Integration Proposal for Phase II
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Can food technology innovation change the status of a food security crop? A review of cassava transformation into “Bread” in Africa
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ISPC Assessment of the Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) CRP-II revised proposal (2017-2022)
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Social capital and efficiency in resource utilization among cassava-based farmers in southwestern Nigeria
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Soil fertility gradients and production constraints for coffee and banana on volcanic mountain slopes in the east African rift: a case study of Mt. Elgon
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Stability, agronomic performance and genetic variability of 10 cassava genotypes in Ghana
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Genetic variability for yield and nutritional quality in yam bean (Pachyrhizus sp.)
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Technical Report: Capacity needs assessment of potential sweetpotato silage producers, traders and service providers.
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Manual
Cooking banana marketing protocol (English).
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Cooking banana marketing protocol (Runyankole).
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Cooking banana marketing protocol (Luganda).
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Journal Article
Inbreeding enhances field resistance to cassava brown streak viruses
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Bioinformatic analysis of genotype by sequencing (GBS) data with NGSEP
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Marker-based estimates reveal significant non-additive effects in clonally propagated cassava (Manihot esculenta): implications for the prediction of total genetic value and the selection of varieties
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Genetic diversity and relationship of Guinea yam (Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.-D. rotundata Poir. complex) germplasm in Benin (west Africa) using microsatellite markers
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Marker-free PLRV resistant potato mediated by Cre-loxP excision and RNAi
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Potato production support and research to improve food security in Khatlon, Tajikistan. Final technical report
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Full Proposal 2017-2022 Annexes
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Full Proposal 2017-2022 Performance Indicator Matrix (PIM) Tables
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Full Proposal 2017-2022
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Full Proposal 2017-2022 Addenda
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Full Proposal 2017-2022 Cover Letter
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Cassava traits and end-user preference: relating traits to consumer liking, sensory perception, and genetics
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Training report: Strengthening farmers’ capacities for profitable pig and pigmeat marketing in selected districts of Uganda.
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Training Material
Training guide: Pig and pigmeat marketing in Uganda.
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Technical Report: Market opportunities and value chain analysis of fresh cassava roots in Uganda.
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Journal Article
Screen house and field resistance of taro cultivars to taro leaf blight disease (Phytophtora colocasiae)
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Newsletter
Cassava Matters
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Effects of policies on yam production and consumption in Nigeria
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Genome-wide association and prediction reveals genetic architecture of cassava mosaic disease resistance and prospects for rapid genetic improvement
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Bananas: an untapped treasure
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A sequence-independent strategy for amplification and characterisation of episomal badnavirus sequences reveals three previously uncharacterised yam badnaviruses
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Survey, molecular detection and characterization of geminiviruses associated with cassava mosaic disease in Zambia
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Variation in the evaluation of cis- and trans--carotene in yellow-fleshed cassava (Manihot esculenta Cranz) varieties as a function of the storage root portion and sampling method
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Analysis of interactions between cassava brown streak disease symptom types facilitates the determination of varietal responses and yield losses
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Characterization of brown streak virus–resistant cassava
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RTB Proposal 2017-2022, Volume II.
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RTB Proposal 2017-2022, Volume III.
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RTB Proposal 2017-2022, Volume I
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Conference Paper
Welfare-environmental quality tradeoffs of promoting use of certified seed potato in tropical highlands of Africa: evidence from central highlands of Kenya.
Manual
Store management plan.
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Report
Review and validation of gender strategies for the sweetpotato and cassava sub-projects and training in engendered business planning.
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Book
45 años de trabajo compartido e innovación
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Annual Report 2015: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
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Journal Article
Cassava mosaic disease resistant clones’ growth and yield are prone to early drought stress
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Report
Cassava Monitoring Survey: Nigerian farmers’ preferences for varieties by gender and region, with reference to seed dissemination.
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Interspecific crossing between yam species (Dioscorea rotundata and Dioscorea bulbifera) through in vitro ovule culture
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Silicon application enhances resistance to xanthomonas wilt disease in banana
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Combating viral mosaic disease of cassava in the Lake Zone of Tanzania by intercropping with legumes
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Report
Value chain approach and farmer business school learning workshop.
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Poster
Effect of feeding supplemented sweetpotato silage on pig performance in smallholder production systems in Uganda.
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Newsletter
Cassava Matters
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Genotype x environment interactions for East African orange-fleshed sweetpotato clones evaluated across varying ecogeographic conditions in Uganda
Poster
Stakeholder engagement to manage banana diseases in the great lakes Region
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First report of Soybean chlorotic blotch virus and West African Asystasia virus 1 infecting cassava and a wild cassava relative in Cameroon and Togo
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LOCAL regression algorithm improves near infrared spectroscopy predictions when the target constituent evolves in breeding populations
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Genetic distance and specific combining ability in cassava
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The impact of mechanized processing of cassava on farmers’ production efficiency in Uganda
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Cassava (Manihot esculenta) transcriptome analysis in response to infection by the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides using an oligonucleotide-DNA microarray
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Expressing stacked HRAP and PFLP genes in transgenic banana has no synergistic effect on resistance to Xanthomonas wilt disease
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High-throughput multiplex real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous quantification of DNA and RNA viruses infecting cassava plants
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‘Alisha’, ‘Anamaria’, ‘Bie’, ‘Bita’, ‘Caelan’, ‘Ivone’, ‘Lawrence’, ‘Margarete’, and ‘Victoria’ sweetpotato.
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DNA barcoding of the main cultivated yams and selected wild species in the genus Dioscorea
Journal Article
Criblage de génotypes de manioc (Manihot esculenta CRANTZ) pour la résistance à la cochenille Africaine de racines et tubercules (Stictococcus vayssierei Richard) dans différentes zones agro-écologiques de Beni (Nord Kivu, RD Congo)
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Gender situational analysis of the banana value chain in Western Uganda and strategies for gender equity in postharvest innovations
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Journal Article
Physical properties of cassava grits before and after pneumatic drying
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Sequencing wild and cultivated cassava and related species reveals extensive interspecific hybridization and genetic diversity
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Journal Article
Genotype x environment interaction and selection for drought adaptation in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) in Mozambique.
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Effects of sweet potato feathery mottle virus and sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus on the yield of sweet potato in Uganda
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Identification of an A2 population of Phythophthora andina attacking tree tomato in Peru indicates a risk of sexual reproduction in this pathosystem.
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Internal Document
Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Annexes to the Full Proposal 2017-2022
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) cover letter to Full Proposal 2017-2022
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Budget Narratives to the Full Proposal 2017-2022
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Full Proposal 2017-2022
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Internal Document
Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) Budget to the Full Proposal 2017-2022
Report
Roots and tubers for livelihood enhancement in Meghalaya, India. Results of a scoping study.
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Report
RTB Performance Monitoring Report 2015.
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Addressing the economic and healts challenges facing smallholder communities through roots and tubers in Maluku and Maluku Utara, Indonesia – results of a scoping study.
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Report
Root and tuber crops in Central Vietnam: an underestimated potential for food and income? Results of a scoping study.
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Root and tuber crops: production-use systems and food resilience in agri-aqua and agro-forestry ecosystems in Central Philippines: results of a scoping study
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Gender situational analysis of the potato value chain in Eastern Uganda and strategies for gender equity in postharvest innovations
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Journal Article
The ZmRCP‑1 promoter of maize provides root tip specific expression of transgenes in plantain
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Differential root transcriptomics in a polyploid non-model crop: the importance of respiration during osmotic stress
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Book
A technical review of modern cassava technology adoption in Nigeria (1985-2013): trends, challenges, and opportunities: HarvestPlus working paper, No. 23
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Differentials in technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar: a Cobb Douglas stochastic frontier production approach
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Annual report 2014: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
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Folk taxonomy and traditional management of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) diversity in southern and central Benin
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Journal Article
Effect of two species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation on development of micro-propagated yam plantlets and suppression of Scutellonema bradys (Tylenchideae)
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Risk assessment of gene flow from genetically engineered virus resistant cassava to wild relatives in Africa: an expert panel report
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Effect of transaction costs on market participation among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar
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Effect of genotype and genotype by environment interaction on total cyanide content, fresh root, and starch yield in farmer-preferred cassava landraces in Tanzania
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Journal Article
Biotransformation of anthocyanins from two purple-fleshed sweet potato accessions in a dynamic gastrointestinal system.
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Seed degeneration in potato: the need for an integrated seed health strategy to mitigate the problem in developing countries
Poster
Performance of 23 yellow root cassava genotypes in five major agro ecological zones in Nigeria
Poster
Contribution of the IITA cassava germplasm to meeting the increasing demand and future outlook in southern Africa region
Poster
Cassavabase (cassavabase.org): an integrated field breeding and genomics database enables accelerated genetic gain in cassava
Poster
Response of four improved cassava genotypes to nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium fertilizer types and rates in Southwestern Nigeria
Poster
Fertigation maximizes growth and root tuber yield of cassava
Journal Article
Tropical cover crops for the management of the yam nematode, Scutellonema bradys
Journal Article
A novel sweet potato potyvirus ORF is expressed via polymerase slippage and suppresses RNA silencing
Journal Article
Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae endophytically colonize cassava roots following soil drench inoculation
Journal Article
The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation
Journal Article
Biofortified yellow cassava and vitamin A status of Kenyan children: a randomized controlled trial
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Poster
Advanced genomic technologies for genetic enhancement of yam (Dioscorea spp.)
Presentation
The impact of PPD in the fresh cassava roots value chain and current mitigation measures in Uganda: perspectives and actions of value chain actors
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Journal Article
Plant water relations and canopy temperature depression for assessing water stress tolerance of potato
Working Paper
Gender and Roots Tubers and Bananas Seed Systems: a literature review.
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Book Chapter
Gender and innovation in Peru’s native potato market chains.
Book Chapter
Releasing disease-resistant varieties of cassava in Africa
Book Chapter
Performances de transfert des paquets technologiques en milieu rural: cas des ONGs locales
Book Chapter
Improving seed potato quality in Ethiopia: a value chain perspective
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Book Chapter
Adapting a yam seed technique to meet farmers’ criteria
Book Chapter
Banana tissue culture: community nurseries for African farmers
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Book Chapter
Ipomoviruses
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A long-term systematic monitoring framework for on-farm conserved potato landrace diversity.
Journal Article
Rpi-blb2 gene from Solanum bulbocastanum confers extreme resistance to late blight disease in potato
Journal Article
Evaluation of micro-nutrient rich potato genotypes in temperate conditions of Nepal.
Journal Article
Displacement of US-1 clonal lineage by a new lineage of Phytophthora infestans on potato in Kenya and Uganda.
Journal Article
Evaluation of isolates of Trichoderma, pseudomonas and bacillus species as treatment for the control of post-harvest fungal rot disease of yam (Dioscorea spp.)
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Genome-assisted breeding for drought resistance.
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An alternative to complete banana mat uprooting: assessing the effectiveness of continuous cutting at soil level of all shoots in a mat on speed for corm decay
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Journal Article
Nutritional evaluation and consumer preference of legume fortified maize-meal porridge
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Improving the speed of adoption of agricultural technologies and farm performance through farmer groups: evidence from the Great Lakes region of Africa
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Antioxidant activity and acetylcholinesterase inhibition of field and in vitro grown Musa L. species
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Mitochondrial DNA assessment of Phytophthora infestans isolates from potato and tomato in Ethiopia reveals unexpected diversity
Journal Article
Plant regeneration from axillary bud derived callus in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
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DArT whole genome profiling provides insights on the evolution and taxonomy of edible Banana (Musa spp.)
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Consumption trends of white cassava and consumer perceptions of yellow cassava in Ghana
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Breaking the cycle of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in infected fields through the cultivation of annual crops and disease control in adjacent fields
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Exploiting indigenous knowledge of subsistence farmers’ for the management and conservation of Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) (musaceae family) diversity on-farm
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Plastid phylogenetics of Oceania yams (Dioscorea spp., Dioscoreaceae) reveals natural interspecific hybridization of the greater yam (D. alata)
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Effectiveness of the Field Selection Parameters on Potato Yield in Atlantic Canada
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Establishment of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for the detection of phytoplasma-associated cassava witches’ broom disease
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A genome-wide association study on the seedless phenotype in banana (Musa spp.) reveals the potential of a selected panel to detect candidate genes in a vegetatively propagated crop
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Emerging pests and diseases of Southeast Asian cassava: a comprehensive evaluation of geographic priorities, management options and research needs
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Assessment of the potential industrial applications of commercial dried cassava products in Nigeria
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Adoption of mechanized postharvest cassava processing technologies, and the determinants of high quality cassava flour (HQCF) processing in Tanzania
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Natural occurrence and pathogenicity of Xanthomonas bacteria on selected plants
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Evaluating the impacts of plantations and associated forestry operations in Africa: methods and indicators
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Whole genome sequencing of a banana wild relative Musa itinerans provides insights into lineage-specific diversification of the Musa genus
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The South Green Portal: a comprehensive resource for tropical and Mediterranean crop genomics
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Sand storage, extending the shelf-life of fresh sweetpotato roots for home consumption and market sales.
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Plantain cultivars (Musa spp. AAB) grown at different altitudes demonstrate cool temperature and photoperiod responses relevant to genetic improvement
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Selection of cooking banana genotypes for yield and black Sigatoka resistance in different locations in Uganda
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Survey on the current diseases status of local versus improved cassava varieties and their management strategies in Cameroon
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Farmers’ knowledge and perceptions of potato pests and their management in Uganda.
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Securing plant genetic resources for perpetuity through cryopreservation
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Gender norms and access to extension services and training among potato farmers in Dedza and Ntcheu in Malawi.
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Ploidy level of the banana (Musa spp.) accessions at the germplasm collection centre for the East and Central Africa
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Eco-friendly management of Phthorimaea operculella Zeller in farmers’ potato store in Makwanpur, Nepal.
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A mathematical model for the dynamics of banana Xanthomonas Wilt with vertical transmission and inflorescence infection
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‘NASPOT 12 O’ and ‘NASPOT 13 O’ sweetpotato.
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The Influence of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation on micro-propagated hybrid yam (Dioscorea spp.) growth and root knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) suppression
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Expresion de efectores RXLR en el linaje clonal EC-1 de Phytophthora infestans en Peru.
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Assessing the impacts of cassava technology on poverty reduction in Africa
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Distribution, incidence and farmers knowledge of banana Xanthomonas wilt in Burundi
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Analyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar
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Effect of maize intercrop plant densities on yield and beta-carotene contents of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes
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Potato field-inoculation in Ecuador with Rhizophagus irregularis: no impact on growth performance and associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities.
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Non-farm activities and adoption of improved cassava and beans varieties in South-Kivu, DR Congo
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Effect of packaging materials and storage conditions on the degradation of xanthophylls in yellow-maize ogi powder
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Control of thrips by injecting imidacloprid into banana pseudostem
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Yield and physiological response of potatoes indicate different strategies to cope with drought stress and nitrogen fertilization.
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History and conservation of wild and cultivated plant diversity in Uganda: forest species and banana varieties as case studies
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The distribution and incidence of banana Fusarium wilt in subsistence farming systems in east and central Africa
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Improvement of the banana “Musa acuminata” reference sequence using NGS data and semi-automated bioinformatics methods
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Variation in nectar volume and sugar content in male flowers of Musa cultivars grown in Rwanda and their non-effect on the numbers of visiting key diurnal insect vectors of banana Xanthomonas wilt
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Evaluation of a lateral flow device for in-field detection of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt and its application in tracking the systemicity of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum
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Systemicity of banana bunchy top viral infection in the Kisangani region of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Comparative reliability of screening parameters for anthracnose resistance in water yam (Dioscorea alata)
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Screening of some cassava starches for their potential applications in custard and salad cream productions
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Methods of processing of some under-utilized yam and cocoyam tuber varieties: effect on carotenoid content
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Traditional banana diversity in Oceania: an endangered heritage
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Characterization and classification of the provitamin A carotenoids of deep yellow-fleshed bitter yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) varieties
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Evolutionary dynamics and biogeography of Musaceae reveal a correlation between the diversification of the banana family and the geological and climatic history of Southeast Asia
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Improving the speed of adoption of agricultural technologies and farm performance through farmer groups: evidence from the Great Lakes region of Africa.
Manual
Growing cassava: training manual for extension & farmers in Zambia
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Manual biología reproductiva y citológica de la papa.
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Prototype guide for integrating gender into participatory market chain approach.
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Facilitating learning and capacity strengthening: lessons from the reaching agents of change project in scaling up orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP)
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Addressing post-harvest losses during traditional banana fermentation for increased food security in Southwest Uganda
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How do roots respond to osmotic stress? A transcriptomic approach to address this question in a non-model crop
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Brief
An urgent call to action to contain outbreak of Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4 affecting bananas in Africa.
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CGIAR Gender and Breeding Initiative Flyer.
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Building a resilient city for whom? Learning from street vendors’ gendered responses to urbanisation in Hanoi.
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Global strategy for the conservation and use of Musa genetic resources
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Impact evaluation protocols for agricultural projects: the case of yam improvement for income and food security in West Africa
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Farmer participation in Research-for-Development to enhance cassava production in Cameroon
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Standard operating protocol for yam variety performance evaluation trial
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Conference Paper
Abiotic stress research in crops using -omics approaches: drought stress and banana in the spotlight
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Organic bananas in Sudan: challenges and opportunities for developing export chains
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Altitude effect on plantain growth and yield during four production cycles in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Suppression of the ubiquitin E2 gene through RNA interference causes mortality in the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar)
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Genotyping the local banana landrace groups of East Africa
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Publication of the results of the International Musa Testing Programme, Phase III (IMTP III)
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Potential of Trichoderma asperellum for biocontrol of Fusarium wilt in banana
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Extending Tripal to manage banana genetic resource information
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Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 in African bananas
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Economic gain and other losses? Gender relations and matooke production in Western Uganda
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The quest for tolerant varieties: integration of -omics techniques to understand stress in non-model crops
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Addressing post-harvest losses during traditional banana fermentation for increased food security in Southwest Uganda
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Economic gain and other losses? Gender relations and matooke production in Western Uganda
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Comparative genomics of gene families in relation with metabolic pathways for gene candidates highlighting
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Transcriptomic profiling in Musa: a look into processes affected by mild osmotic stress in the root tip
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One hundred and six diploids to unravel the genetics of traits in banana: a panel for genome-wide association study and its application to the seedless phenotype
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Introduced banana hybrids in Africa: seed systems, farmers’ experiences and consumers’ perspectives
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The performance of East African highland bananas released in farmers’ fields and the need for their further improvement
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Genomic breeding approaches for East African bananas
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Agro-ecological niche of bacterial wilt (Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum) of enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheessman) in Gamo highlands of Ethiopia
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On-farm banana (Musa) cultivar diversity status across different altitudes in North and South Kivu provinces of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Status of epidemics and management of Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4 in the Philippines
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An online checklist of banana cultivars
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The banana Xanthomonas wilt epidemic in east and central Africa: current research and development efforts
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A metabolomics approach to the assessment of banana diversity and traits
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Améliorez votre Nutrition en consommant les Produits IKYA
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Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa project: changing lives and giving women a voice in Sierra Leone
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Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in AfricaSpecial Newsletter on gender outcome harvesting in Sierra Leone
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Working Paper
Building a resilient city for whom? Exploring the gendered processes of adaptation to change: A case study of street vendors in Hanoi.
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Case studies of Roots, Tubers and Bananas seed systems.
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Multi-stakeholder framework for intervening in RTB seed systems: user’s guide.
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Sweetpotato seed systems in sub-saharan Africa: A literature review to contribute to the preparation of conceptual frameworks to guide practical interventions for root, tuber and banana seed systems.
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Roots, Tubers and Bananas Research.
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Guidelines to engage with marginalized ethnic minorities in agricultural research for development in the Greater Mekong
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Conference Proceedings
Proceedings. IX International Symposium on Banana: ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Unravelling the Banana’s Genomic Potential
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Effectiveness of cassava stem pruning for inducing delay in postharvest physiological deterioration (PPD) of fresh roots
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Post-harvest physiological deterioration effects and gender dynamics in the retail marketing of fress cassava roots. A case study in Uganda.
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RTB-ENDURE: Expanding utilization through research
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Stay visual inspection or go weighing? Insights from a value chain analysis for cooking banana in Uganda.
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Guide for storage of ware potato.
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Training Material
Business skills training guide for potato associations.
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Training report: capacity building in agronomic practices, waxing and relative humidity storage technologies for shelf-life extension of fresh cassava roots.
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How to make sweetpotato silage.
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Potato farmer and markets strategies to cope with seasonalities and implications for postharvest losses in eastern Uganda.
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Case Study
Defying the odds: the story of a female matooke trader in Uganda.
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Training curriculum: entrepreneurship skills training for potato association.
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Guidelines for feeding sweetpotato silage to pigs.
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Understanding gender dynamics and their contribution to designing ‘winning’ sweetpotato postharvest interventions.
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Extension Material
Transforming cassava peels into animal feed
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Innovative processing of cassava peels to livestock feeds—A collaborative project by ILRI, IITA and CIP
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Tuber shape and eye depth variation in a diploid family of Andean potatoes.
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Influence de la composition chimique du sol sur la teneur en éléments nutritifs et le rendement du manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae) dans deux zones agro-écologiques du Cameroun
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Drying optimization for the sustainable development of cassava industry.
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Extension Material
Innovative processing of cassava peels into livestock feed
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Brief
CGIAR Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Community of Practice – Summary – 1st Face to Face Meeting 2015
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Conference Proceedings
Sweetpotato industry round table proceedings
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Technical report: Structure of the cooking banana value chain in Uganda and opportunities for value addition and postharvest losses reduction
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Training Report: South-South collaboration for strengthening capacities in assessing the postharvest physiological deterioration (PPD) of fresh cassava roots and technologies for shelf-life extension.
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Report
Review and validation of gender strategies for the banana and potato sub-projects and training in engendered business planning.
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Perception and practices of farmers on the utilization of sweetpotato, and other root tubers, and banana for pig feeding in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Uganda
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A high-throughput regeneration and transformation platform for production of genetically modified banana
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Catalogo de variedades de papa nativa de Chugay, La Libertad – Peru Catalog of ancestral potato varieties from Chugay, La Libertad – Peru
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The banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), is a potential vector of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in bananas
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Workshop report: Inception and PCMA training workshop. Reducing post-harvest losses and promoting product differentiation in the cooking banana value chain.
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Understanding collective action and women’s empowerment in potato farmer groups in Ntcheu and Dedza in Malawi.
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Genetic variation of postharvest physiological deterioration susceptibility in a cassava germplasm
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Gender norms and the marketing of seeds and ware potatoes in Malawi.
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In vitro bioaccessibility and bioavailability of iron from potatoes with varying Vitamin C, carotenoid, and phenolic concentrations
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Multiple QTLs linked to agro-morphological and physiological traits related to drought tolerance in potato.
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Brochure
Scaling the use of cassava peels as quality livestock feed in Africa
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Increasing shelf-life of cooking banana: Which presentation forms offer the best value for farmers, traders and consumers?.
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Workshop report: Farmer training on sweetpotato silage making in Masaka district.
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Workshop Report: Farmer training on sweetpotato silage making in Kamuli district.
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Waxing and packaging: a cost-effective solution to curb rapid postharvest deterioration of fresh cassava roots?
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Conference Paper Abstract
Increasing smallholders’ intensity in cassava value web: effect on household food security in Southwest Nigeria
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Abundance, diversity and geographic distribution of cassava mosaic disease pandemic-associated Bemisia tabaci in Tanzania
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First report of East African cassava mosaic Malawi virus in plants affected by cassava mosaic disease in Zambia
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Impact of agricultural technology adoption on asset ownership: the case of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria
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Workshop proceedings: International Workshop for Strategic Research on Degeneration of Planting Material Development of a Seed System Framework for Roots, Tubers and Bananas.
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Brief
Adding value to cassava for diverse markets and uses
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Enhancing forage integration and access for smallholder livestock production
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Integrated farming systems and resilient agricultural landscapes
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Newsletter
Sustainable weed management technologies for cassava systems
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Working Paper
Major constraints, opportunities, and trends for yam production and marketing and priorities for future RTB yam research.
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Brochure
Ware potato storage: A key innovation to improve access to more profitable markets for small-scale farmers and traders?
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Training Material
Sweetpotato silage making manual – Luganda.
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Sweetpotato silage making manual
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Training Material
Making high quality sweetpotato silage: An improved tube silage making method – Luganda.
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Technical report: Potato associations capacity need assessment and action planning
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Workshop Report: Training of trainers on sweetpotato silage making.
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Physiological and biochemical changes in potato under water stress condition.
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RTB Pre-proposal-2017-2022.
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Scaling up orange-fleshed sweetpotato through agriculture and nutrition (SUSTAIN) in Mozambique
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Brief
Viable Sweetpotato Technologies in Africa (VISTA) Tanzania project
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Brief
Nutritious and affordable sweetpotato based silage: The feed solution for small-scale pig farmers
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Technical innovations for small-scale producers and households to process wet cassava peels into high quality animal feed ingredients and aflasafe™ substrate
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A cross-sectional study of pesticide use and knowledge of smallholder potato farmers in Uganda.
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Kanuni za kilimo bora cha muhogo, Tanzania
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Manual para la producción de semilla de papa usando aeroponía: diez años de experiencias en Colombia, Ecuador y Perú.
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Improving potato drought tolerance through the induction of long-term water stress memory.
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Cytoplasmic diversity in potato breeding: case study from the International Potato Center.
Newsletter
Cassava Weed Management Project: Newsletter
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Effect of technology awareness and access on the conservation of clean planting materials of vegetatively produced crops: The case of sweetpotato.
Journal Article
Composition and functional properties of yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) seed flour
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ILRI transforming cassava peels into livestock feed using existing garri-making processes
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The use of sweet potato residues as feed in rural and peri-urban smallholder pig systems in Uganda
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The dynamics and environmental influence on interactions between cassava brown streak disease and the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci
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Cassava brown streak disease: a threat to food security in Africa
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Ex Situ conservation priorities for the wild relatives of Potato (Solanum L. Section Petota)
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The BioMart community portal: An innovative alternative to large, centralized data repositories.
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The genome of cultivated sweet potato contains Agrobacterium T-DNAs with expressed genes: An example of a naturally transgenic food crop.
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Distributions, ex situ conservation priorities, and genetic resource potential of crop wild relatives of sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., I. series Batatas]
Book
Tecnologia para hombres y mujeres: Recomendaciones para reforzar la tematica de genero en procesos de innovación tecnologica agricola para la seguridad alimentaria
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Report
RTB Performance Monitoring Report 2014.
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Report of workshop: communications and monitoring & evaluation
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Journal Article
Carotenoids content of yellow-fleshed cassava genotypes grown in four agroecological zones in Nigeria and their Retinol Activity Equivalents (RAE)
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Diversity of symbiotic bacteria associated with Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in cassava mosaic disease pandemic areas of Tanzania
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Farmers’ knowledge, perceptions and management of diseases affecting sweet potatoes in the Lake Victoria Zone region, Tanzania
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Analysis of genetic diversity of African yam bean using SSR markers derived from cowpea
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Technical innovations in processing cassava peels into new products for feeding livestock and fish and for food safety
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Brief
From roots to riches in Southeast Asia: improved cassava reduces poverty, hunger and climate risk
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Brief
Adding value to cassava for diverse markets and uses
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Brief
Enhancing forage integration and access for smallholder livestock production
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Newsletter
Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa
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Newsletter
Cassava Weed Management Project: Newsletter
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Journal Article
Allelopathic potential of some biocontrol agents for the control of fungal rot of yellow yam (Dioscorea cayenensis Lam)
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Report
Integrating end user preferences in RTB breeding programs (Munyonyo, Uganda, 26-27 February 2015).
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SSR and e-PCR provide a bridge between genetic map and genome sequence of potato for marker development in target QTL region.
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Is Discrimination of 13C in potato leaflets and tubers an appropriate trait to describe genotype responses to restrictive and well-watered conditions?
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Identification of genes that have undergone adaptive evolution in cassava (Manihot esculenta) and that may confer resistance to cassava brown streak disease
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Mapping of QTL associated with resistance to Cassava Brown Streak and Mosaic Diseases in outcrossing cassava cultivars locally cultivated in Tanzania
Brief
Frequently asked questions: mother and baby trials
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Book Chapter
Can small still be beautiful? Moving local sweetpotato seed systems to scale in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Effet du labour et du mode de bouturage sur les rendements en racines et en feuilles de manioc dans les zones de savane et de jacheres forestieres de la Republique Democratique du Congo.
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Development of genomic simple sequence repeat markers for yam
Book Chapter
Getting the equation right: Engendering sweetpotato value chains in East Africa.
Book Chapter
Insect Life Cycle Modelling (ILCYM) software – A generic platform for developing insect phenology models, population analysis and risk mapping.
Book Chapter
In vitro evaluation of orange-fleshed sweetpotato genotypes for drought tolerance using polyethylene glycol.
Book Chapter
Shortage of sweetpotato planting material caused by prolonged dry seasons in Africa: Strategies to increase its availability in Uganda.
Book Chapter
Pathogen resistant genetically engineered crops in Africa
Book Chapter
Quality seed potato production: Experience from the highlands of Ethiopia.
Book Chapter
Phytophthora infestans population changes in Kenya pose challenges to existing potato blight control strategies.
Book Chapter
Banana bunchy top disease
Book Chapter
Development of dual-purpose sweetpotato varieties through participatory breeding in Rwanda.
Book Chapter
Disease management, especially viruses in potato and sweetpotato.
Book Chapter
Cassava mosaic
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Ex ante evaluation of improved potato varieties for sub-Saharan Africa.
Book Chapter
Improvement of processing technology research and utilization of sweetpotato and its derived foods in China and Rwanda.
Book Chapter
New elite potato clones with heat tolerance, late blight and virus resistance to address climate change.
Book Chapter
Building a sustainable sweetpotato value chain: Experience from the Rwanda sweetpotato super foods project.
Book Chapter
The farming systems of potential potato production areas of Chencha, southern Ethiopia.
Book Chapter
Strategies to improve seed potato quality and supply in sub-Saharan Africa: Experience from interventions in five countries.
Book Chapter
Integrative breeding strategy for making climate-smart potato varieties for sub-Saharan Africa.
Book Chapter
Exhibition trial and farmer participatory selection of new late-blight resistant B3C1 potato genotypes for adaptation to Nigerian conditions.
Book Chapter
An alternative technology for pre-basic seed potato production – sand hydroponics.
Book Chapter
Unlocking the potential of the potato subsector in Kenya – a roadmap for revitalizing the subsector.
Book Chapter
Cassava brown streak
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Comparison between fluorescent lamps and light-emitting diodes on in vitro growth of potato microplants and subsequent in vivo performance and minituber production.
Book Chapter
Improving seed health and seed performance by positive selection in three Kenyan potato varieties.
Book Chapter
A possible pathway for developing formal seed potato production in sub-Saharan Africa: A case of Uganda National Seed Potato Producers’ Association (UNSPPA).
Book Chapter
Adaptation and improvement of the seed-plot technique in smallholder potato production.
Book Chapter
Banana bunchy top
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Maize-orange-fleshed sweetpotato intercropping: Potential for use to enhance food security and scaling-up the nutrition effort in Malawi.
Journal Article
A microeconometric analysis of household consumption expenditure determinants in yamgrowing areas of Nigeria and Ghana
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Potato Virus-Vector Aphid Epidemiology in North-Eastern Hills of India.
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Towards understanding the diversity of banana bunchy top virus in the Great Lakes region of Africa
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Incidence of sweet potato viruses in the coastal savannah agro-ecological zone of Ghana.
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Factors influencing somatic embryogenesis, regeneration, and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivar TME14
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Field resistance of transgenic plantain to nematodes has potential for future African food security
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Factors influencing the use of selected inputs in yam production in Nigeria and Ghana
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Unravelling the effect of sucrose and cold pretreatment on cryopreservation of potato through sugar analysis and proteomics
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Developing Cassava Mosaic Disease resistant cassava varieties in Ghana using a marker assisted selection approach
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Rapid, specific, simple, in-field detection of Xanthomonas campestris pathovar musacearum by loop-mediated isothermal amplification
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Agricolae – Ten years of an open source statistical tool for experiments in breeding, agriculture and biology.
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Effects of sodium metabisulphite and blanching pretreatments on the quality characteristics of yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) flour
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Degeneration in sweetpotato due to viruses, virus-cleaned planting material and reversion: A review.
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Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum down-regulates selected defense genes during its interaction with both resistant and susceptible banana
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Data for the characterization of the HSP70 family during osmotic stress in banana, a non-model crop.
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Kiwangaazi (syn ‘KABANA 6H’) black sigatoka, nematode and banana weevil tolerant ‘Matooke’ hybrid banana released in Uganda
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A comparative analysis of the fatty acid composition of sexual and asexual eggs of Daphnia magna and its plasticity as a function of food quality
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Agroforestry leads to shifts within the gammaproteobacterial microbiome of banana plants cultivated in Central America
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Local knowledge of native potato (Solanum spp) for long-term monitoring on three Andean Communities of Apurimac, Peru.
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Morphological, SSR and ploidy analysis of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) accessions for utilization of aerial tubers as planting materials
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Tracking crop varieties using genotypingbysequencing markers: a case study using cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
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A Cassava vein mosaic virus promoter cassette induces high and stable gene expression in clonally propagated transgenic cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
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Highre-solution linkage map and chromosome-scale genome assembly for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) from 10 populations
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Econometric analysis of loan repayment competence of smallholder cassava farmers in Yewa area, Ogun State, Nigeria
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Evaluation of sweetpotato accessions for end-user preferred traits improvement
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Transport and dispersal of Stictococcus vayssierei (Hemiptera, stictococcidae) by Anoplolepis tenella (Hymenoptera, formicidae)
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Improved propagation methods to raise the productivity of yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.)
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Characterization of the genetic diversity of Uganda’s sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) germplasm using microsatellites markers.
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Population changes of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with cover crops following a yam (Dioscorea rotundata) crop
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Diversity, distribution and effects on cassava cultivars of Cassava Brown Streak Viruses in Malawi
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Cryopreservation of Bituminaria bituminosa varieties and hybrids
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Identification of mVOCs from Andean rhizobacteria and field evaluation of bacterial and mycorrhizal inoculants on growth of potato in its center of origin.
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Towards a more holistic research approach to plant conservation: the case of rare plants on oceanic islands
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Status of cassava mosaic disease and whitefly population in Zambia
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Disease resistance characterisation of improved cassava genotypes to Cassava Mosaic Disease at different ecozones
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Incomplete systemic movement of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and the occurrence of latent infections in xanthomonas wilt-infected banana mats
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Boric acid for suppression of the ant Anoplolepis tenella and effects on an associated scale insect pest Stictococcus vayssierei in cassava fields in the Congo Basin
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Constraints and breeding priorities for increased sweetpotato utilization in Ghana
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Improved cryopreservation method for the long-term conservation of the world potato germplasm collection.
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Tunnel dryer and pneumatic dryer performance evaluation to improve smallscale cassava processing in Tanzania
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Deep sequencing of virus derived small interfering RNAs and RNA from viral particles shows highly similar mutational landscape of a plant virus population.
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Cassava intake and vitamin A status among women and preschool children in Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria
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Analysis of pre-requisites and framework for introducing potato crop in non-traditional Anantapuramu District of Andhra Pradesh
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Can changes in soil properties in organic banana production suppress fusarium wilt?
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Molecular and cytogenetic characterization of wild Musa species
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Effect of water yam (Dioscorea alata) flour fortified with distillers spent grain on nutritional, chemical, and functional properties
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Evaluacion del gen que codifica la enzima HPMEH para la inhibicion de la marchitez bacteriana causada por Ralstonia solanacearum.
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Biology, etiology, and control of virus diseases of banana and plantain
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The Top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology
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Effects of β-carotene biofortified cassava grits (Mahihot esculenta Crantz) based-diets on retinol bioavailability and performance of broiler chicks
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Occurrence and pathogenicity of plant-parasitic nematodes on commonly grown banana cultivars in South Africa
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Sweetpotato cultivar degeneration rate under high and low sweetpotato virus disease pressure zones in Uganda.
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Genomic resources for water yam (Dioscorea alata L.): analyses of EST sequences, De Novo sequencing and GBS libraries
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Toxic Ipomeamarone accumulation in healthy parts of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) storage roots upon infection by Rhizopus stolonifer
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Rapid metabolic discrimination and prediction of dioscin content from African yam tubers using Fourier transforminfrared spectroscopy combined with multivariate analysis
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Effect of processing on the retention of total carotenoid, iron and zinc contents of yellowfleshed cassava roots
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Transcriptome analysis and systemic RNAi response in the African sweetpotato weevil (Cylas puncticollis, Coleoptera, Brentidae
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The global distribution of banana bunchy top virus reveals little evidence for frequent recent, human-mediated long distance dispersal events
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Variation of resistance to different strains of Ralstonia Solanacearum in highland tropics adapted potato genotypes.
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Effects of water stress on the development of banana xanthomonas wilt disease
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Getting a piece of the pie: An analysis of factors influencing women’s production of sweetpotato in Northern Nigeria.
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Sustainable intensification of potato in rice based system for increased productivity and income of resource poor farmers in West Bengal, India
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The coffee genome hub: a resource for coffee genomes
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Adverse impact of banana Xanthomonas Wilt on farmers’ livelihoods in Eastern and Central Africa
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Molecular and cytogenetic characterization of wild Musa species
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Rapid and specific detection of Yam mosaic virus by reverse-transcription recombinase polymerase amplification
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Assessment of genetic and epigenetic changes during cell culture ageing and relations with somaclonal variation in Coffea arabica
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Design, construction and operation of solar dryer for granules and micros chips of Manihot esculenta crantz tuberous roots
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Short- and medium-term impact of manual tillage and no-tillage withmulching on banana roots and yields in banana-bean intercroppingsystems in the East African Highlands
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Early generation in vitro assay to identify potato populations and clones tolerant to heat.
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Thermal infrared imaging of the temporal variability in stomatal conductance for fruit trees
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Propagating quality planting material to improve plant health and crop performance. Key practices for dessert banana, plantain and cooking banana: Illustrated guide.
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La propagación de material de siembra de calidad para mejorar la salud y productividad del cultivo: prácticas clave para las musaceas: guia ilustrada
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Propagating quality planting material to improve plant health and crop performance, key practices for dessert banana, plantain and cooking banana: Illustrated guide (Arabic) الإكثار الخضري لمواد نباتية ذات جودة لتحسين صحة النبات ورفع الكفاءة المحصولية: الممارسات الرئيسية لزراعة موز المائدة، البلانتين وموز الطبخ
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La multiplication de matériel de plantation de qualité pour améliorer l’état sanitaire et la productivité des cultures: Pratiques clefs pour les bananiers et les bananiers plantain: guide illustre
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Application of NGS-generated SNP data to complex crops studies: the example of Musa spp. (banana).
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Identification of drought responsive genes and promoters in Musa by using RNA-seq
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Transcriptomic analysis in banana cultivars during an early stage of drought-stress
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Combined phenotypic and transcriptomic approaches to evaluate drought-stress response in banana (Musa spp.), a non-model crop
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Displacement of Phytophthora infestans in East Africa. Results from microsatellites, mtDNA, and effector screening.
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Managing banana genetic resources and genomic information with the triplet Drupal/Tripal/Chado
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Phenotyping for drought
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Co-constructing impact pathways with stakeholders for results-based management
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Unravelling the genetic basis of banana traits using next generation sequencing technologies
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Screening for resistance to Fusarium wilt
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Operations, outreach and impact
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Use of banana diversity for nutritious diets
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Technology for men and women: Recommendations to reinforce gender mainstreaming in agricultural technology innovation processes for food security.
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Guidelines to integrate a gender perspective in value chain development interventions by the CGIAR Research Program on roots tubers and bananas.
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Genetically engineered crops in developing countries
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Manual para la produccion de semilla de papa usando aeroponia – Diez años de experiencias en Colombia, Ecuador y Peru
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Invasion and saturation risk of pathogens and pests based on global cropland connectivity: the case of banana, cassava, potato, sweet potato, and yam
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Spatial and temporal distribution of insect vectors of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and their activity across banana cultivars grown in Rwanda.
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Removal of leafroll viruses from infected grapevine plants by droplet vitrification
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Cryopreservation of plant species
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Fundamental aspects of plant cryopreservation and the development of droplet vitrification
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Germination and storage behaviour of wild banana seed
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Working Paper
Climate change adaptation in agriculture: Ex ante analysis of promising and alternative crop technologies using DSSAT and IMPACT
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Working Paper
Strategic assessment of cassava research priorities.
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Extending the shelf life of fresh cassava roots for increased incomes and postharvest loss reduction in Uganda: current business case
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Brief
Market-preferred banana varieties – Runyankole.
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Market-preferred banana varieties – Luganda.
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Market-preferred banana varieties – English
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RTB Annual Report 2014: Envisioning impact, pathways to action
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Internal Document
RTB Branding and Publications Guidelines 2014
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Food Resilience Through Root and Tuber Crops in Upland and Coastal Communities of the Asia-Pacific (FOODSTART+). Full Project Proposal
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Analisis cuantitativo y cualitativo, con enfoque de genero, de las lineas de base productiva y nutricional del proyecto IssAndes. Informe Regional: Bolivia, Ecuador y Peru.
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Workshop report: EU-RTB project partners’ meeting-cum-training event.
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Assessing the extent and determinants of adoption of improved cassava varieties in southwestern Nigeria
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Single versus multiple enemies and the impact on biological control of spider mites in cassava fields in WestAfrica
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Going to scale with banana xanthomonas wilt management in Uganda and DR Congo (Munyonyo, Uganda, 16-17 Sep 2014).
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Going to scale with BXW management: Designing the M&E system (Kampala, Uganda, 18 Sep 2014).
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Working Paper
Use of cassava in livestock and aquaculture feeding programs
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Annual progress report 2013: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)
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Varietal effect on the moisture adsorption isotherm of yellowfleshed cassava root starches
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Business plan for going to scale with quality seed potato (Nairobi, Kenya, 12-13 June 2014).
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Process coordinators workshop: Results-based management (RBM) (Nairobi, Kenya, 9-11 June 2014).
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International Workshop: Surveillance and control of cassava diseases in Africa (Saint-Pierre de La Réunion, 10-13 June 2014).
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Training Material
Transformation du manioc: manuel de formation destiné aux agents de transformation
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Workshop Report: PMCA training workshop.
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Manual
Multiplication de materiel de plantation de manioc et gestion des maladies et ravageurs
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Adaptation to pest risks under future climates in Africa (Kampala, Uganda, 28-30 May 2014).
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Poster
Characterization of nematode pests of Enset and their management in Ethiopia
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A global alliance declaring war on cassava viruses in Africa
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RTB Extension Request 2015-2016.
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Newsletter
Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa
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Presentation
CIAT Asia team planning
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Mentor on a mission why cassava and capacity building are closely coupled
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Cassava: mentor on a mission why cassava and capacity building are closely coupled
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Virus-indexing, chemo-and thermo-therapies, and micro propagation for generating virus-free cassava plants.
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Review of CGIAR Research Programs Governance and Management: Final Report
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RTB Performance Monitoring Report for 2013.
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Workshop report: RTB inception workshop.
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Research Areas and CRPs for CIAT Asia
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Positioning CIAT as leader in next generation breeding for roots, tubers and bananas
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Status of Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta and Xanthosoma spp) in West and Central Africa: Production, Household Importance and the Threat from Leaf Blight.
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Phenalenonetype phytoalexins mediate resistance of banana plants (Musa spp.) to the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis
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Management of critical pests and diseases in RTB crops under changing climates, through risk assessment, surveillance and modeling (29-31 January 2014, Kabale, Uganda).
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Recovering banana production in BBTD affected areas: Community & farm household approaches (Bujumbura, Burundi, 20-25 Jan 2014).
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Status and prospects for improving yam seed systems using temporary immersion bioreactors
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Poster
The South Green Bioinformatics platform
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Conference Paper
Is the discrimination against 13C in leaflets and tubers an appropiate trait to determine genotypic differences related to drought tolerance in potato?
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Book Chapter
Do commercial biological and chemical products increase crop yields and economic returns under smallholder farmer conditions?
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Cassava
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Experience with aeroponics for pre-basic seed potato production in Sichuan, China.
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Phenotypic stability and genome wide association study of late blight resistance in potato genotypes adapted to the tropical highlands.
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Systematics, diversity, genetics, and evolution of wild and cultivated potatoes.
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Biophysical and crop management gradients limiting yields of east African highland banana (Musa spp. AAAEA) within farms in low input cropping systems
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Needs assessment of sweet potato production in northern Ghana: Implications for research and extension efforts.
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Interactive effects of fertilizer and inoculum concentration on subsequent development of xanthomonas wilt in banana
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Synergistic interactions of begomoviruses with sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (genus Crinivirus) in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.)
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Assessment of RNAi-induced silencing in banana (Musa spp.)
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Evaluation of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) genotypes for Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization, leaf nutrient concentrations and tuber yield under NPK fertilizer application
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Heritability of yield components under irrigated and drought conditions in andigenum potatoes.
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Biological control agents: from field to market, problems, and challenges.
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Phenalenone-type phytoalexins mediate resistance of banana plants (Musa spp.) to the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis
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Consumer perceptions and demand for biofortified sweet potato-based biscuit: The case of Akarabo golden power biscuit in Rwanda.
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Yam propagation using Aeroponics technology
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Performance of advanced potato genotypes under varied soil moisture availability in west central plains.
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Cassava processing among smallholder farmers in Cameroon: opportunities and challenges
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture intervention in Western Kenya: design of the Mama SASHA cohort study of vitamin A.
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Nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum endophytes provide field control of nematodes, improving yield of banana (Musa sp.)
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From crossbreeding to biotechnology-facilitated improvement of banana and plantain
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Cassava virus diseases: biology, epidemiology, and management
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Development of a PVS2 droplet vitrification method for potato cryopreservation.
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Identification of relevant non-target organisms exposed to weevil-resistant Bt sweetpotato in Uganda.
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Molecular characterization of cultivated species of the genus Pachyrhizus Rich. ex DC. by AFLP markers: Calling for more data.
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An RGA-Derived SCAR Marker linked to PLRV resistance from Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena.
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PICS hermetic storage bags ineffective in controlling infestations of Prostephanus truncatus and Dinoderus spp. in traditional cassava chips
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Representing SSR molecular marker profiles using concepts from Andean khipus.
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Transient expression of ß-glucuronidase in recalcitrant Ugandan sweetpotato and putative transformation with two cry genes.
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Effect of banana leaf pruning on banana and legume yield under intercropping in farmers’ fields in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Gender differences in access and use of selected productive resources among sweet potato farmers in Uganda.
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Genomic analysis of NAC transcription factors in banana (Musa acuminata) and definition of NAC orthologous groups for monocots and dicots
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The prevalence of badnaviruses in West African yams (Dioscorea cayenensisrotundata) and evidence of endogenous pararetrovirus sequences in their genomes
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Assessing incidence, development and distribution of banana bunchy top disease across the main plantain and banana growing regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Response of short day-length adapted potato breeding lines to long photoperiod.
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Identification by deep sequencing of a “Caulimo-like” virus in a potato botanical seed germplam accession imported from South America.
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Awareness and adoption of improved cassava varieties and processing technologies in Nigeria
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The complete genome sequences of two isolates of potato black ringspot virus and their relationship to other isolates and nepoviruses.
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Evaluation of four different strategies to characterize plasma membrane proteins from banana roots
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Effect of different irrigation regimes on yield, water use efficiency and quality of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in the lowlands of Tashkent, Uzbekistan: A field and modeling perspective.
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The Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans originated in central Mexico rather than the Andes.
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Methods in virus diagnostics: From ELISA to next generation sequencing.
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Effect of temperature on the phenology of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae); simulation and visualization of the potential future distribution of C. partellus in Africa under warmer temperatures through the development of life-table parameters.
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Finetuning banana Xanthomonas wilt control options over the past decade in East and Central Africa
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Inheritance of root dry matter content in sweetpotato.
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Pesticide use pattern and awareness of pesticides users with special reference to potato growers in Nepal.
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From crossbreeding to biotechnologyfacilitated improvement of banana and plantain
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Evaluation of promising orange fleshed sweetpotato genotypes in different agroecological zones of Uganda.
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Variability in sesquiterpene lactones from the leaves of yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) accessions of different geographic origin.
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Determination of ploidy among yam (Dioscorea spp.) landraces in Kenya by flow cytometry
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Ground cover management alters development of Fusarium wilt symptoms in Ducasse bananas
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Distribution and seasonal abundance of Potato Tuber Moth: Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Nepal
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The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study
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Genetic evaluation of micronutrient traits in diploid potato from a base population of Andean Landrace Cultivars.
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Shared binding sites for the Bacillus thuringiensis proteins Cry3Bb, Cry3Ca and Cry7Aa in the African sweetpotato pest Cylas puncticollis (Brentidae).
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Diversity in oil content and fatty acid profile in seeds of wild cassava germplasm.
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In-vitro proliferation of Musa balbisiana improves with increased vitamin concentration and dark culturing
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Molecular and morphological characterisation of Scutellonema bradys from yam in Costa Rica and development of specific primers for its detection
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Mixplanting pubescent and glabrous cassava affects abundance of Typhlodromalus aripo and its prey mite Mononychellus tanajoa
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Effect of elevated CO
concentration and nitrate: Ammonium ratios on gas exchange and growth of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz).
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High-resolution mapping of resistance to cassava mosaic geminiviruses in cassava using genotypingbysequencing and its implications for breeding
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Produccion de semillas en yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius (Poepp. & Endl.)) mediante tecnicas de polinizacion controladas.
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Does a cassava researchfordevelopment program have impact at the farm level? Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Microsatellite markers unravel the population genetic structure of the Azorean Leontodon: implications in conservation
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Effect of temperature on the life history parameters of noctuid lepidopteran stem borers, Busseola fusca and Sesamia calamistis.
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Changes in sugar content and proteome of potato in response to cold and dehydration stress and their implications for cryopreservation
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Wide phenotypic diversity for resistance to Phytophthora infestans found in potato landraces from Peru.
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Musa spp. germplasm management: microsatellite fingerprinting of USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System Collection
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Effect of delayed cassava planting on yields and economic returns of a cassavagroundnut intercrop in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Fine-tuning banana Xanthomonas wilt control options over the past decade in East and Central Africa
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Evaluation of promising sweet potato clones in selected agro ecological zones of Uganda.
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Genotype by environment effects on potato mini-tuber seed production in an aeroponics system.
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La resistencia al tizon tardio como herramienta de control en los paises en desarrollo.
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In vitro effects of gibberellic acid and sucrose concentration on micropropagation of two elite sweet potato cultivars in Rwanda.
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Effects of early and late harvest on agronomic Performance and stability of late blight resistant (R-gene Free) potato genotypes.
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Ethnic-based diversity and distribution of enset (Ensete ventricosum) clones in southern Ethiopia
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Ploidy level and molecular phylogenic relationship among novel Ipomoea interspecific hybrids.
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Comparative importance of infection routes for banana Xanthomonas wilt and implications on disease epidemiology and management
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Chlorophyll concentration in leaves is an indicator of potato tuber yield in water-shortage conditions.
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Identification of F1 cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) progeny using microsatellite markers and capillary electrophoresis
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Characterization and quantitation of anthocyanins and other phenolics in native andean potatoes.
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Development of a lateral flow device for infield detection and evaluation of PCR based diagnostic methods for Xanthomonas campestris pathovar musacearum, the causal agent of banana Xanthomonas wilt.
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Household dynamics influencing effective eradication of Xanthomonas wilt in smallholder banana systems in Ugunja division-Kenya
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Performance of tissuecultured versus suckerderived East African highland banana (Musa AAAEA) under high and low input systems in Uganda
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Aflatoxins contamination in processed cassava in Malawi and Zambia
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Transgenic expression of the rice Xa21 patternrecognition receptor in banana (Musa sp.) confers resistance to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum
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Genetic mapping using genotypingbysequencing in the clonally propagated cassava
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Insect pests of sweetpotato in Uganda: farmers’ perceptions of their importance and control practices.
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Evaluation of advanced potatoes clones for drought tolerance in arid zone in Rajasthan, India.
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Enset (Ensete ventricosum) clone selection by farmers and their cultural practices in southern Ethiopia
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‘RW11-17’, ‘RW11-1860’, ‘RW11-2419’, ‘RW11-2560’, ‘RW11-2910’, and ‘RW11-4923’ sweetpotato.
Manual
Quality assurance for potato crisps processing: a training manual
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Virusindexing, chemo and thermo therapies, and micro propagation for generating virusfree cassava plants: a labouratory manual
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Growing cassava: a training manual from production to postharvest
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Protocol for in vitro culturing of lesion nematodes: Radopholus similis and Pratylenchus spp. on carrot discs
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Training Material
Seed yam production from minisetts: a training manual
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Quality assurance for cassava flour processing: a training manual
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Cassava system cropping guide
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Poster
Using genotyping-by-sequencing to understand Musa diversity
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Crop ontology in support of conservation and use of banana genetic resources
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Exchange your knowledge on plant gene families
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Managing mealybugs in cassava
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RTB Maps
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Characterization of yam-growing households in the project areas of Ghana
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IITA Annual Report 2013
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Baseline protocols: the case of Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project; YIIFSWA working paper series, No. 4
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Characterization of yam-growing households in the project areas of Nigeria
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Conference Paper
Improving seed-to-ware, ware and knowledge chains in potato cultivation in eastern Africa.
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Participatory farm-level innovation in bacterial wilt control.
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Integrated pest management (IPM) in Andean highland potato production systems under a changing climate: Lessons learned in Peru.
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On-farm evaluation of potato genotypes for yield and late blight resistance in Malawi.
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Next-generation SNP genotyping platforms for characterizing potato germplasm.
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Performance of advanced potato clones in moisture stress conditions in arid zone of India.
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Potato and vegetable pests: Potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller).
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CIP’s potato strategy for Africa: Improving livelihoods of potato farmers in Africa by tackling deteriorated seed quality through an integrated approach.
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Visual inspection to manage bacterial wilt in sub-saharan Africa: Improving seed quality and impacting smallholder farmers.
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Guatemalan potato tuber moth, Tecia solanivora (Povolny)
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Modeling the correlation between late blight sporulation and climate variables to guide fungicide applications in Cundinamarca, Colombia.
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Application of rhizobacteria inoculants in biocontrol of Bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) in potato (Solaum tuberosum) production.
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Effect of preculture and PVS2 exposure on the cryopreservation of sweet potato shoot tips [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] using the PVS2 droplet vitrification.
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Can an understanding of signature volatile compounds emitted by rhizobacteria be used for control of disease in potato?
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Identificacion de efectores de Phytophthora infestans expresados diferencialmente en el linaje clonal EC-1.
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Vegetable leafminer fly, Liriomyza sativae Blanchard.
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Serpentine leafminer fly, Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard).
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Relationship of wue, yield and drought tolerance in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) under controlled conditions.
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Beneficial microbes: A role in food security?
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Factors influencing performance of seed plot technique in seed potato quality improvement among small scale farmers.
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Dissecting the component traits of drought tolerance in potato to enhance productivity under stress conditions.
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Herramienta de apoyo a la toma de decisiones para el manejo del tizon tardio disenada para el uso de agricultores de subsistencia.
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Recursos geneticos de la papa en su centro de origen: Tomando el pulso a su conservacion, evaluacion y uso para lograr seguridad alimentaria y adaptacion a los cambios globales.
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The Chirapaq Ñan Initiative: Establishment of a long-term on-farm monitoring network for potato landrace diversity
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Tephritid fruit fly, Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsura & White
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Genetics and mapping of nutritional traits in Andigena potato.
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Greenhouse Whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood)
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Prediccion de la distribucion potencial de Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), mediante el modelo CLIMEX.
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Conference Paper
Evaluation of some CIP germplasm under aeroponics in Kenya.
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Conference Paper
Enhancing resistance of potato cultivars with phosphonate fungicides in management of late blight in Kenya.
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Production of potato minitubers using sand hydroponics in Kenya.
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Altering self-incompatibility using Sli overcomes reproductive barriers between cultivated diploid potato and wild species of Piurana Series.
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Conference Paper
Value-chain development in Uganda: lessons learnt from the Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA).
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Sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) biotype B.
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Papas nativas colombianas como apoyo a la seguridad y soberania alimentaria en zonas vulnerables de Boyaca, Colombia.
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Seleccion de papas pigmentadas diploides con valor agregado.
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Participatory evaluation of new disease resistant and andean landrace potatoes in Ethiopia.
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Origin, history and future of plant germplasm in Uganda, identifying conservation roles for ethnobotanists
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Bioaccesibilidad de carotenoides y antocianinas en papas cocidas.
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Cassava green mite, Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar).
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Supporting iron and zinc potato biofortification through xrf fast screening technology.
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Is a functional potato seed system possible in a developing country? experiences from Malawi.
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Kenyan potato varieties respond differently to stress induced by polyethylene glycol via hydroponic nutrient delivery system.
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Valor parental para el rendimiento bajo condiciones de altas temperaturas en clones de papa tolerantes al calor y resistentes al tizon tardio.
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Semilla de papa en los Andes con agricultores de pequeña escala: Una nueva mirada para el siglo 21.
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Positive selection to improve quality of farmers seed potato in Kenya.
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Cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero.
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Sustainability of the aeroponics production systems of pre-basic seed of potato in Peru.
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Seleccion participativa de variedades de papa: Analisis disgregado por genero: Caso Peru.
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Poderosa variedad de papa para la sierra con valor agregado.
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Situacion del tizon tardio en Peru.
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Upscaling the orange-fleshed sweetpotato in East and Central Africa.
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Development of late blight resistant potato biotech varieties for Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Sustentabilidad de dos sistemas de produccion de semilla pre basica de papa bajo invernadero.
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Evaluacion de 10 variedades de papas nativas para producir semilla pre basica bajo un sistema hidroponico.
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Newsletter
Cassava Weed Management Project: Newsletter
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Working Paper
Prioritization of options for sweetpotato research for development – Results from a global expert survey.
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Strategic assessment of yam research priorities.
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Prioritization of options for potato research for development: Results from a global expert survey.
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Results of a global online expert survey: Major constraints, opportunities and trends for banana production and marketing and priorities for future RTB banana research.
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Prioritization of options for cassava research for development – Results from a global expert survey.
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Strategic assessment of banana research priorities.
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Strategic assessment of research priorities for sweetpotato.
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Strategic assessment of research priorities for potato
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Potato yield gap analysis in SSA through participatory modeling: Optimizing the value of historical breeding trial data.
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Brochure
Conteo de cloroplastos en las celulas guarda de los estomas.
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“Cuero de Sapo”: enfermedad de la mandioca en Paraguay
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Training course report Montpellier 2014.
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Strategic assessment of banana research priorities
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RTB Annual Review and Planning Meeting 2014.
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SARD-SC Annual Report 2013
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Internal Document
Improving the utilization of sweetpotato and other root and tuber crop residues for pig feeds in Uganda. Proposed business case.
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Reducing post-harvest losses and promoting product differentiation in the cooking banana value chain. Business case.
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Post-harvest innovations for better access to specialized ware potato markets. Proposed business case.
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RTB Annual Report 2013: Expanding collaboration, catalyzing innovation
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Book Chapter
Development of ELISA for the detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, the causal agent of BXW: Banana Xanthomonas Wilt
Book Chapter
Use of DNA capture kits to collect Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and banana bunchy top virus pathogen DNA for molecular diagnostics
Book Chapter
Processes and partnerships for effective regional surveillance of banana diseases
Journal Article
Farmers perception and criteria for cassava variety preference in Cameroon
Journal Article
Unlocking the potential of tropical root crop biotechnology in east Africa by establishing a genetic transformation platform for local farmerpreferred cassava cultivars
Journal Article
Interactions between cassava varieties and soil characteristics in crop production in eastern Cameroon
Report
A cross-cutting initiative to develop new strategies for detecting and managing major bacterial diseases of root, tuber, and banana crops (8-12 December 2013, Nairobi and Naivasha, Kenya).
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Journal Article
Economic impacts of cassava research and extension in Malawi and Zambia
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Report
Tools for improved cropping systems intensification in mixed RTB systems with plantain in West and Central Africa (10-14 November 2013, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire).
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Report
Sustaining ecosystem services and benefits for custodian farmers through a well-coordinated, in-situ conservation of RTB agrobiodiversity – Planning Workshop (11-13 Nov 2013, Lima, Peru).
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Report
Banana-based beverages in East Africa: Diagnosing value chains and associated livelihoods (26-28 November 2013, Kigali, Rwanda).
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Report
RTB Humidtropics planning workshop report (Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 4-6 Nov 2013).
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Internal Document
Planning for greater impact: RTB current thinking.
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Report
Multi-center planning on banana/plantain improvement: Development of musa breeding project proposal (Douala, Cameroon, 28-30 Oct 2013).
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Report
Accelerating Learning and Tackling Bottlenecks through a Conceptual Framework for Roots, Tubers and Bananas Seed Systems (9-11 October 2013, Wageningen, Netherlands).
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Internal Document
Piloting Results-Based Management in RTB.
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Presentation
Capacity Strengthening in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas.
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Book
Program and book of abstracts of the First Global Conference on Yam
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Internal Document
Pre-Proposal for CRP 2nd Call: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
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Report
RTB Research leaders team meeting (Annual Meeting, Montpellier, September 2013).
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Book
Competitiveness of Root Crops for Accelerating Africa’s Economic Growth, 12th Triennial Symposium of International Society for Tropical Root Crops Africa Branch (ISTRCAB), Accra, Ghana, 30 September- 5 October 2013
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Conference Proceedings
Phenotypic evaluation of a multi-location cassava breeding trial to improve a genomic selection training population
Journal Article
Genetic diversity of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) landraces and cultivars from southern, eastern and central Africa
Journal Article
Relatedness and genotype x environment interaction affect prediction accuracies in genomic selection: a study in cassava
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Journal Article
Genetic variability of three cassava traits across three locations in Ghana
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Brief
Monitoring the composition and evolution of the research networks of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)
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Newsletter
Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa Newsletter
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An overview of gender research undertaken by RTB centers, 2007-2012.
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Internal Document
RTB – Concept Note for Discussion with Donors and Partners – June 2013 (Discussion Document)
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Internal Document
RTB: Concept Note for Discussion with Donors and Partners: June 2013 (Flagship Descriptions)
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Annual progress report 2012: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)
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Journal Article
Effects of the entomopathogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae and the predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo on cassava green mite densities: screenhouse experiments
Journal Article
Incidence and diversity of mixed viruses lower in yam tubers and tuber sprouts compared with field leaf samples: Implications for virusfree planting material control strategy
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Internal Document
Planning for greater impact: RTB Strategic Objectives and Flagships.
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Journal Article
Characterization of cucumber mosaic virus isolated from yam (Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa
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Journal Article
Combining ability of cassava genotypes for cassava mosaic disease and cassava bacterial blight, yield and its related components in two ecological zones in Ghana
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Aflasafe; the biological control option for aflatoxins, for all crops both pre and post harvest.
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The RTB Program: Making it work in Uganda. Seminar Report, 18 April 2013.
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Internal Document
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) – Gender Strategy
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Report
Global Musa Expert Workshop (8-11 April 2013, Kampala, Uganda).
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Journal Article
Black leaf streak disease and plantain fruit characteristics as affected by tree density and biomass management in a tropical agroforestry system
Journal Article
Performance of nine cassava (Manihot esculanta Crantz) clones across three environments
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Journal Article
Differential gene expression in East African highland bananas (Musa spp.): interactions between nonpathogenic Fusarium V5w2 and Radopholus similis
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Taller latinoamericano de involucrados en la producción de yuca (3-4 Abril 2013, Cali, Colombia).
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Report
Global musa expert workshop – Production constraints, yield gaps, and research strategies for smallholder banana production.
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Newsletter
Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa Newsletter
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Report
RTB Performance Monitoring Report for 2012.
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Report
Visit Report Graham Thiele: RTB: Making it work in Uganda (9-18 April 2013).
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Presentation
Innovación y agrobiodiversidad
Journal Article
Developing aflasafe
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Report
RTB Results-based management workshop (20-22 March 2013, Cali, Colombia).
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Internal Document
RTB Gender Strategy.
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Internal Document
Review of Roots, Tubers and Bananas CRP Proposal.
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Internal Document
External review of Roots, Tubers and Bananas for food security and income.
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Journal Article
First report of banana bunchy top virus in banana and plantain (musa spp.) in Nigeria (ABSTRACT)
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Report
RTB and CCAFS scientific and planning workshop report.
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Report
Workshop on tools for managing seed degeneration in RTB crops (5-8 February 2013, Arusha, Tanzania).
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Report
Developing a multistakeholder framework for intervening in RTB seed systems (12-14 February 2013, Wageningen, Netherlands).
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Report
Workshop on building a collaborative, public-private R4D alliance for an integrated control of banana bunchy top disease in Sub-Saharan Africa (2-4 February 2013, Arusha, Tanzania).
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Report
Strategies for improving livelihoods through RTB postharvest technologies (18-22 February 2013, Cali, Colombia).
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Journal Article
Pathogenicity and damage potential of five species of plantparasitic nematodes on plantain (Musa spp., AAB genome) cv. Agbagba
Journal Article
High potassium, calcium and nitrogen application reduce susceptibility to banana Xanthomonas wilt caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum
Training Material
Trainer’s manual: a training course for banana farmers interested in growing tissue culture bananas
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Training Material
Trainer’s manual: a training course on setting up and running a banana tissue culture nursery
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Journal Article
Thidiazuron improves adventitious bud and shoot regeneration in recalcitrant sweetpotato.
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Journal Article
Understanding banana bunchy top disease epidemiology in Burundi for an enhanced and integrated management approach
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Les marches du manioc et du “gari” dans le Sud et le Centre du Benin: Performances et principales contraintes a leur developpement.
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Manual
Chagua iliyo bora zaidi. Uchaguzi muafaka ili kuimarisha mbegu za viazi mviringo shambani. Mwongozo kwa mkufunzi
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Book Chapter
Mitigating the impact of biotic constraints to build resilient banana systems in Central and Eastern Africa
Book Chapter
Cataloguing potato varieties and traditional knowledge from the Andean highlands of Huancavelica, Peru.
Book Chapter
Robust and inexpensive SSR Markers Analyses using LI-COR DNA Analyzer.
Book Chapter
Biology and ecology of potato tuber moths as major pests of potato.
Book Chapter
Virus indexing and certification in clonal crops: the case of banana
Book Chapter
Cassava flour and starch: processing technology and utilization
Book Chapter
Phytophthora infestans and Phytophthora andina on Solanaceous hosts in South America.
Book Chapter
Innovacion para valorar la biodiversidad de las papas nativas: El caso de Papa Andina/INCOPA en el Peru.
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Book Chapter
Status and prospects of biotechnology applications to conservation, propagation and genetic improvement of yam
Book Chapter
Tropical and subtropical root and tuber crops.
Book Chapter
Challenges and opportunities for macropropagation technology for Musa spp. among smallholder farmers and small-and medium-scale enterprises
Book Chapter
Produccion de papa organica en la region andina del Peru: El manejo integrado de plagas lo hace posible.
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Book Chapter
Rescatando variedades ancestrales: Innovacion de las papas nativas en Ecuador.
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Biopesticides.
Journal Article
Detecting Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical race 4 in soil and symptomless banana tissues
Journal Article
A case for crop wild relative preservation and use in potato.
Journal Article
Pest Status of Acraea acerata Hew. and Cylas spp. in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) and incidence of natural enemies in the Lake Albert Crescent agro-ecological zone of Uganda.
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Effectiveness of agro-ecological intensification practices in managing pests in smallholder banana systems in East and Central Africa
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Photosynthetic performance of banana (”Gros Michel”, AAA) under a natural shade gradient
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Expression of a rice chitinase gene in transgenic banana (”Gros Michel”, AAA genome group) confers resistance to black leaf streak disease
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Journal Article
Why sustainable management of Xanthomonas wilt of banana in East and Central Africa has been elusive
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Retention of provitamin A carotenoids during postharvest ripening and processing of three popular Musa cultivars in south-western Uganda
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Epidemiological assessment of cassava mosaic disease in Central African Republic reveals the importance of mixed viral infection and poor health of plant cuttings
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Population genetics and conservation of the Azorean tree Picconia azorica
Journal Article
Engineering nematode resistant plantains for sub-Saharan Africa
Journal Article
A new R package, exsic, to assist taxonomists in creating indices.
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Journal Article
Resistance to the weevils Cylas puncticollis and Cylas brunneus conferred by sweetpotato root surface compounds.
Journal Article
Farmers’ awareness and perceived benefits of agro-ecological intensification practices in banana systems in Uganda
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Farmer perceptions of cassava bacterial blight disease in Oyo State , southwest, Nigeria
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Successful innovations and lessons learnt in cassava improvement and deployment by IITA in Eastern African Region
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A simple and robust approach for genotyping in Musaceae
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Tissue culture banana (Musa spp.) for smallholder farmers: lessons learnt from East Africa
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Comparative transcriptome analyses and genome assembly of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense.
Journal Article
Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soils of yam (Dioscorea spp.) cropping systems in four agroecologies of Nigeria
Journal Article
Degeneration of potato seed in Meghalaya and Nagaland States in North-Eastern hills of India.
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Prediction of the suitability of water yam (Dioscorea alata) for amala product using pasting and sensory characteristics
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Evaluation of bioassays for testing Bt sweetpotato events against sweetpotato weevils.
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Methodology for inoculating sweetpotato virus disease: Discovery of tip dieback, and plant recovery and reversion in different clones
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Intercropping bananas with coffee and trees: prototyping agroecological intensification by farmers and scientists
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Technical and economic analysis of aeroponics and other systems for potato mini-tuber production in Latin America.
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Transgenic bananas with enhanced resistance against Xanthomonas wilt disease
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Cryopreservation for the in perpetuity conservation of yam and cassava genetic resources
Journal Article
Comparison of yield based drought tolerance indices in improved varieties, genetic stocks and landraces of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.).
Journal Article
Spatial integration and price transmission in selected cassava products markets in Nigeria: a case of gari
Journal Article
The Triple S Method of producing sweet potato planting material for areas in Africa with long dry seasons.
Journal Article
Attract-and-kill as a new strategy for the management of the potato tuber moths Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) and Symmetrischema tangolias (Gyen) in potato: Evaluation of its efficacy under potato field and storage conditions.
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Banana value chains in Central America – options for smallholders on domestic and regional markets
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Effect of Crotalaria falcata in crop rotation and fallowing on potato bacterial wilt incidence, disease severity and latent infection in tubers and field soil.
Journal Article
A historical overview of the appearance and spread of Musa pests and pathogens on the African continent: highlighting the importance of clean Musa planting materials and quarantine measures
Journal Article
Determination of scanned virus-free potato planting materials by positive selection and screening of tubers from seed stores in the western highlands of Cameroon.
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Pest intensity-crop loss relationships for the leafminer fly Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) in different potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) varieties
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Total phenolic, total anthocyanin and phenolic acid concentrations and antioxidant activity of purple-fleshed potatoes as affected by boiling.
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Risk of banana Xanthomonas wilt spread through trade
Journal Article
A Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) marker comparison of a large in- and ex-situ potato landrace cultivar collection from Peru reaffirms the complementary nature of both conservation strategies.
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Disentangling the origins of cultivated sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.).
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Expanding the application of cassava value chain technologies through UPoCA project
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Epidemiological approaches to control aphid-borne Potato virus diseases in Meghalaya, India.
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A comparative study of the reproductive fitness and pathogenicity of a population of Radopholus similis from Davao, Philippines, on banana (Musa spp.)
Journal Article
The effects of climate variability and the color of weather time series on agricultural diseases and pests, and on decisions for their management
Journal Article
Complete genome sequence of the original Taiwanese isolate of sweet potato latent virus and its relationship to other potyviruses infecting sweet potato.
Journal Article
Bioprospecting in potato fields in the Central Andean Highlands: Screening of rhizobacteria for plant growth-promoting properties
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Determination of resistance to Phytophthora infestans on potato plants in field, laboratory and greenhouse conditions.
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On-farm Musa germplasm diversity in different agroecologies of Burundi
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Banana in Latin America and the Caribbean: current state, challenges and perspectives
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Large-scale adoption of improved plantains: the impact of FHIA-21 in the Dominican Republic
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Comparative evaluation of organomineral fertilizer and NPK 151515 on growyh and yield of cassava varieties in Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria
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Variation in Nitrogen rate and local availability alter root architecture attributes at the onset of storage root initiation in ‘Beauregard’ sweetpotato.
Journal Article
Plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana and plantain in eastern and western Democratic Republic of Congo
Journal Article
Fast method for the simultaneous quantification of toxic polyphenols applied to the selection of genotypes of yam bean (Pachyrhizus sp.) seeds.
Journal Article
Screening of salt tolerant CIP Potato Germplasm for saline areas.
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Potential biological control of lesion nematodes on banana using Kenyan strains of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum
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East African highland bananas (Musa spp. AAAEA) worry more about potassium deficiency than drought stress
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Synthesis of new interspecific triploid hybrids from natural AB germplasm in banana (Musa sp.)
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Segregation analysis of cry7Aa1 gene in F1 progenies of transgenic and non-transgenic sweetpotato crosses.
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Ricos en agrobiodiversidad, pero pobres en nutricion. Seguridad alimentaria en comunidades de Chopcca, Huancavelica.
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Storage insects on yam chips and their traditional management in Northern Benin
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Journal Article
Patterns on nucleotide diversity in Meisa1 and G3PHD in wild and cultivated cassava
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Analysis of relationships between production of yam [Dioscorea spp.] and its determinants in Nigeria: a cointegration approach
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Residual effects of fertilizer application on growth and yield of two cassava varieties in Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria
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Nutrient imbalance and yield limiting factors of low input East African highland banana (Musa spp. AAA-EA) cropping systems
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The Banana Genome Hub
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Spread of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in banana plants: implications for management of banana Xanthomonas wilt disease
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Quality Assessment of Banana Juice and Beer in Rwanda
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Economic analysis of seed yam production systems in Nigeria
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Perceptions and outlook on intercropping coffee with banana as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda
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Prevalence of six viruses in potato seed tubers produced in informal seed system in the North West Region of Cameroon.
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Ecological characteristics and cultivar influence optimal plant density of East African highland bananas (Musa spp. AAA-EA) in low input cropping systems
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In vitro bioaccessibility of Lutein and Zeaxanthin of yellow fleshed boiled potatoes.
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Systemicity of Xanthomonas campestris pv. Musacearum and time to disease expression after inflorescence infection in East African highland and Pisang Awak bananas in Uganda
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Linking the potato genome to the conserved ortholog set (COS) markers.
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Health and nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices of pregnant women attending and not-attending ANC clinics in Western Kenya: A cross-sectional analysis.
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Cultural practices for banana bunchy top disease management: a sustainable option for Burundian smallholders?
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Pathogenic variation of Mycosphaerella species infecting banana and plantain in Nigeria
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Effect of partial root-zone drying irrigation timing on potato tuber yield and water use efficiency.
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Influence of plant density on variability of soil fertility and nutrient budgets in low input East African highland banana (Musa spp. AAA-EA) cropping systems
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Does Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum colonize banana cord root tissue?
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Root-yield performance of pre-release sweet potato genotypes in Kenya.
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Journal Article
Inheritance of resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 1 in bananas
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Genetically modified bananas: past, present and future
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Population genetic structure and conservation of the Azorean tree Prunus azorica (Rosaceae)
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Analysis of the pathogenic variability and genetic diversity of the plantparasitic nematode Radopholus similis on bananas
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Current geographical distribution of Xanthomonas wilt of banana and enset, and some nematode species
Journal Article
Molecular, morphological and agronomic characterization of the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) germplasm collection from Mozambique: Genotype selection for drought prone regions.
Manual
A comprehensive training module on competitive cassava production
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Manual
The dos and don’ts of cassava root production
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Manual
Biology and management of potato insect pests in Nepal: Training guide for extension officers.
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Manual
Quality management manual for the production of gari
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Internal Document
Six steps: Reaching out to experts and stakeholders for RTB priorities.
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Internal Document
RTB Annual Plan of Work and Budget (POWB) in 2013.
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Poster Abstract
Field screening of variation for heat tolerance in a large set of sweetpotato germplasm accessions.
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Poster
Pest status and farmers’ pest management practices in sweetpotato cropping systems of Uganda.
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Poster
Multi-stakeholder framework for intervention in VPC seed systems: potato and sweetpotato applications.
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Poster
Analysing climate impacts on insect pests using Phenology Modelling and GIS implemented in the ILCYM Software.
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Book
Cassava recipes for east and southern Africa
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Banana systems in the humid highlands of SubSaharan Africa: enhancing resilence and productivity
Book
An impact assessment of the cassava enterprise development project
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Potential for commercial production and marketing of cassava: experiences from the small-scale cassava processing project in East and Southern Africa
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Book
Regulatory challenges for biological control
Conference Paper
Effect of field multiplication generation on seed potato quality in Kenya.
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Conference Paper
Sustainable seed potato production in Ethiopia: from farm-saved to quality declared seed.
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Conference Paper
Participatory potato seed production: Experiences from west and southwest Shewa, and Gurage zones.
Conference Paper
Positive Selection: A simple technique for improving seed potato quality and potato productivity among smallholder farmers.
Conference Paper
Tackling low potato yields in Eastern Africa: an overview of constraints and potential strategies.
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Conference Paper
Participatory potato seed production in Tigray.
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Conference Paper
Contribution of orange flesh sweetpotato varieties to the recommended daily allowance of pro-vitamin A, iron and zinc.
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Poster
Pest status and farmers’ pest management practices in sweetpotato cropping systems of Uganda
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Conference Paper
Enhancing potato seed production using rapid multiplication techniques.
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Conference Paper
Adoption and impact of potato production technologies in Oromiya and Amhara Regions.
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Conference Paper
Weevil resistant sweetpotato through biotechnology.
Working Paper
RTB Seed Systems. Conceptual frameworks for guiding practical interventions.
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Report
ILAC Report: Monitoring the composition and evolution of the research networks of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas.
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Report
Rooting out hunger in Malawi with nutritious orange-fleshed sweetpotato: A baseline survey report, Blantyre, Malawi.
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Conference Proceedings
Proceedings. International ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Bananas and Plantains: Towards Sustainable Global Production and Improved Use. Salvador, Bahia (Brazil) 10-14 October 2013
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RTB Annual Report 2012: Teaming up for greater impact.
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Journal Article
Facilitating healthy seed yam entrepreneurship in the Niger River system in Nigeria: the value of research into use
Journal Article
The predatory mite Typhlodromalus aripo prefers greenmite induced plant odours from pubescent cassava varieties
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Report
Gender, capacity strengthening and knowledge sharing (10-14 December 2012, Montpellier, France).
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Book
Scientific review and planning workshop: management of critical pests and diseases of RTBs through enhanced risk assessment and surveillance (CRP-RTB)” “Modeling climate impacts on pests and diseases
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Journal Article
Preponderance and distribution of plantparasitic nematodes in Nassarawa State, North Central Nigeria: consequences for healthy tuber production and export
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Workshop on geographic targeting and priority setting for RTB (12-14 November 2012, Cali, Colombia).
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Journal Article
Genetic Diversity in Maintainer and Restorer Lines of Pearl Millet
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Isolation and characterization of resistant gene analogs in cassava, wild Manihot species, and castor bean (Ricinus communis)
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Report
Workshop on genomics and metabolomics for Root, Tubers and Bananas (1-2 October 2012, Ibadan, Nigeria).
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Presentation
RTB Rationale, Strategy and Impact.
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Book
The roots (and tubers) of development and climate change: book of abstracts, 16th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC), 23-28 Sep 2012, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
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Internal Document
Expanding utilization of RTB and reducing their postharvest losses: Proposal under EC 2012 Contribution.
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Journal Article
Transgenic banana expressing Pflp gene confers enhanced resistance to Xanthomonas wilt disease
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Heterogeneous information exposure and technology adoption: the case of tissue culture bananas in Kenya
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Highthroughput genomic sequencing of cassava bacterial blight strains identifies conserved effectors to target for durable resistance
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Improvement of accession distinctiveness as an added value to the global worth of the yam (Dioscorea spp) genebank
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Internal Document
EU value chain proposal planning.
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Journal Article
Effect of filtrating medium resistance on cassava pulp dewatering
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Damage to yam (Dioscorea spp.) by rootknot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) under field and storage conditions in Uganda
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Evaluation of cassava tuber resistance to deformation
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Effect of soy flour addition and heatprocessing method on nutritional quality and consumer acceptability of cassava complementary porridges
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Diallel analysis of field resistance to brown streak disease in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) landraces from Tanzania
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Molecular markerbased genetic linkage map of a diploid banana population (Musa acuminata Colla)
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The agronomic and economic benefits of fertilizer and mulch use in highland banana systems in Uganda
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The effects of burning forest biomass on the yield of plantain (cv. Ebang, Musa spp. AAB, false horn) after hotwater and boilingwater treatment in Southern Cameroon
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Effect of speed and back pressure on the performance of screw press in dewatering of cassava mash
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Genetic diversity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Nigeria using amplified fragment length polymorphismA (AFLP) markers
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Comparison of disease patterns assessed by three independent surveys of cassava mosaic virus disease in Rwanda and Burundi
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Cassava improvement in the era of “agrigenomics”: the road to nextgeneration breeding.
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Yam breeding at IITA: achievements, challenges, and prospects
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Occurrence of Banana bunchy top virus in banana and plantain (Musa sp.) in Benin
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Transgenics in crop improvement research at IITA
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Generation of transgenic plantain (Musa spp.) with resistance to plant pathogenic nematodes
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Breeding superior banana/plantain hybrids
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Genomics for transforming yam breeding
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Book Chapter
Evaluating the effects of UPoCA prior to implementation: taking stock of where we were
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Genetic and phenotypic diversity in a germplasm working collection of cultivated tropical yams (Dioscorea spp.)
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Sweetpotato viruses: 15 years of progress on understanding and managing complex diseases.
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Phenotypic analysis of tuber yield and maturityrelated traits in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
Conference Paper
Preliminary results of screening IITA improved germplasm for resistance to Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) in Uganda
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Conference Proceedings
Solar drying technology: a pilot design in Benin Republic
Conference Proceedings
Discovery of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) as a tool for markerassisted breeding of cassava, Manihot esculenta
Conference Proceedings
Cassava value chain development in West Africa: success stories
Conference Proceedings
New approaches for quantifying carotenoids content in cassava roots
Conference Proceedings
Progress in screening cassava genotypes for resistance to cassava brown streak Uganda virus
Conference Proceedings
Distribution and potential impact of cassava variety spread by UPoCA
Conference Proceedings
Production et utilisation des farines de manioc dans la Boulangerie
Conference Proceedings
Scale insects on yams in Benin: diversity, incidence and farmers’ knowledge and perceptions
Conference Proceedings
Improving food security and income and enhancing farmers’ livelihoods in Cameroon through the introduction and promotion of improved cassava germplasm
Conference Proceedings
Inter-project linkages to create cassava enterprises for expanded markets and utilization
Conference Proceedings
The untapped potential of cassava as a food security and industrial crop in eastern and southern Africa: a case study of Madagascar, Tanzania and Zambia
Conference Proceedings
Towards the development of sustainable control options for the African root and tuber scale on cassava in Central Africa understanding the ecology of the associated ant Anoplolepis tenella
Conference Proceedings
High quality cassava flour, promising raw material for bread, biscuit and pastry industries: lessons from a pilot study in Madagascar
Conference Proceedings
Genotype by environment interaction effect on beta-carotene of yellow root cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) genotypes in Ghana
Conference Proceedings
Unleashing the power of cassava in Africa…are we there yet?
Conference Proceedings
Development of mapping populations for genetic analysis in yams (D. rotundata and D. alata)
Conference Proceedings
The impact of the emergency response to the outbreak of the cassava mosaic disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Conference Proceedings
Adding value to Africa’s cassava in a global environment
Conference Proceedings
Out scaling of improved cassava processing technology – Uganda lessons
Conference Proceedings
Evaluation of commercially available herbicides for weed control in cassava
Conference Proceedings
Livelihood enhancement from cassava enterprise: building experience from Benin Republic
Conference Proceedings
Economic impacts of cassava improvement in Malawi and Zambia
Conference Proceedings
Thrips (Tripidae; Thysanoptera) infestation on cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) at Mvuazi INERA research station, Bas-Congo Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Conference Proceedings
Proximate composition and physical properties of steamed sour cassava starch bread
Conference Proceedings
Advances in seed yam propagation methods in Nigeria
Conference Proceedings
Safeguarding good health of consumers: the opportunities and challenges of attaining quality compliance for processed cassava products in Africa
Conference Proceedings
Bioinformatics resources for application of molecular breeding in orphan root crops
Conference Proceedings
Cassava investment in Africa: taking inventory of initiatives in Africa in view of positioning cassava as a strategic commodity
Conference Proceedings
Using steam to dry food: introducing the (UPoCA) dryer
Conference Proceedings
Qualité des produits dérivés du manioc prélevés au niveau des sites de fabrication et dans les marchés de Kinshasa, RD Congo
Conference Proceedings
Development and dissemination of a manual cassava chipper in Cameroon
Conference Proceedings
Current status of root and tuber crops improvement, production and utilization in Sierra Leone
Conference Proceedings
Development and validation of genomic tools for marker-assisted breeding of cassava mosaic disease resistance in cassava (Manihot esculenta)
Journal Article
Efficient regeneration and transformation of plantain cv. Gonja manjaya” (Musa spp. AAB) using embryogenic cell suspensions”
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Pratylenchus speijeri n. sp. (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae), a new rootlesion nematode pest of plantain in West Africa
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Adoption of chemical weed control technology among cassava farmers in south eastern Nigeria
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Multiplex RTPCR assays for the simultaneous detection of both RNA and DNA viruses infecting cassava and the common occurrence of mixed infections by two cassava brown streak viruses in East Africa
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A large-scale intervention to introduce orange sweet potato in rural Mozambique increases vitamin A intakes among children and women.
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Effect of etrusion variables on Extrudates properties of water yam flours – a response surface analysis
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Sweetpotato weevil (Cylas spp.) resistance in African sweetpotato germplasm.
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Cassava diseases: ecology and control
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Descripcion de los metodos EPT y MyB.
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Drought impacts mineral contents in Andean Potato cultivars.
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Cassava commercialization in Southeastern Africa
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First report of sweet potato leaf curl virus infecting sweet potato in Argentina.
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Elimination of bacterial from in vitro yam tissue cultures using antibiotics
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Genotype X Environment interaction of mosaic disease, root yields and total carotene concentration of yellowfleshed cassava in Nigeria
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Two new species of Steinernema Travassos, 1927 from the humid forest of southern Cameroon
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Re-evaluation of Yam Mosaic Virus (YMV) detection methods
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Effect of production environment, genotype and process on the mineral content of native bitter potato cultivars converted into white chuño.
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Carotenoid concentrations of native Andean potatoes as affected by cooking.
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A rebuttal to the letter to the editor concerning ‘Defining species boundaries in the genus Phytophthora: the case of Phytophthora andina’.
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Improving seed health and seed performance by positive selection in three kenyan potato varieties.
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Genotype X Environment interaction of carotene content of yellowfleshed cassava genotypes in Nigeria
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First report of Ugandan cassava brown streak virus on cassava in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Detection of bacterial wilt infection caused by Ralstonia solanacearum in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) through multifractal analysis applied to remotely sensed data.
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Comparison of pathogenicity of geographically separate populations of Scutelllonema bradys on yam (Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa
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Mycorrhizal colonization of major banana genotypes in six East African environments
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Information resources for cassava research and breeding
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An ESTderived SNP and SSR genetic linkage map of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
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Effect of extrusion variables on extrudates properties of water yam flour a response surface analysis
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Toward community standards in the quest for orthologs
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Use of aeroponics technique for potato (Solanum tuberosum) minitubers production in Kenya.
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Banana and plantain (Musa spp.) cultivar preference, local processing techniques and consumption patterns in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Technical efficiency of seed potato farmers of badakshan province of Afghanistan.
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reduce root-knot nematode penetration through altered root exudation of their host
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Yield effects of tissue culture bananas in Kenya: accounting for selection bias and the role of complementary inputs
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Economic analysis of Imazapyrresistant maize technology for small farm households in western Kenya
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Large-scale evaluation of potato improved varieties, genetic stocks and landraces for drought tolerance.
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The banana (Musa acuminata) genome and the evolution of monocotyledonous plants
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Chado Controller: advanced annotation management with a community annotation system
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Using host resistance to manage potato late blight with particular reference to developing countries.
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Latitudinal and altitudinal distribution and relative importance of the leafminer flies Liriomyza huidobrensis and L. sativae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in low and highland regions of Peru.
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Screening the banana biodiversity for drought tolerance: can an in vitro growth model and proteomics be used as a tool to discover tolerant varieties and understand homeostasis
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Taro leaf blight – A threat to global food security
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Potato seed tuber production from in vitro and apical stem cutting under aeroponic system.
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Preventing occupational ailments and disorders associated with cassava mash dewatering techniques
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Additive relationships and parentoffspring regression in Musa germplasm with intergeneration genome size polymorphism
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Induction of somatic embryogenesis in recalcitrant sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) cultivars.
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Foundation characteristics of edible Musa triploids revealed from allelic distribution of SSR markers
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Potential of aeroponics system in the production of quality potato (Solanum tuberosum l.) seed in developing countries.
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Conditional QTL underlying resistance to late blight in a diploid potato population.
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Discomfort levels in four working postures in use during gari frying
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Factors influencing adoption and intensity of adoption of orange flesh sweet potato varieties: Evidence from an extension intervention in Nyanza and Western provinces, Kenya.
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Growth analysis and modelling of CIP potato genotypes for their characterization in two contrasting environments of Burundi.
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Ecological characteristics influence farmer selection of on-farm plant density and bunch mass of low input East African highland banana (Musa spp.) cropping systems
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Introduction of β-Carotene–Rich Orange Sweet Potato in Rural Uganda Resulted in Increased Vitamin A Intakes among Children and Women and Improved Vitamin A Status among Children
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Selection and validation of reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR expression studies of the non-model crop Musa
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Determination of juice removal difficulty from mash cake in cassava mash dewatering operation
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Identification of short cycle, heat-tolerant potato (Solanum tuberosum) clones for the semi-arid agro-ecology.
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Rapid screening technique for assessing resistance to Meloidogyne spp. in cassava
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Selection, yield evaluation, drought tolerance indices of orange-flesh sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam) hybrid clone.
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Participatory plant breeding and selection impact on adoption of improved sweetpotato varieties in Uganda.
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Development of microsatellite markers for anthracnose resistance in greater yam (Dioscorea alata L.) from expressed sequence tags of heterologous crop species
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Bioaccessibility of provitamin A carotenoids in bananas (Musa spp.) and derived dishes in African countries
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Use of phosphonate to manage foliar potato late blight in developing countries.
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Pesticide contamination has little effect on the genetic diversity of potato species.
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Quantitative digital imaging of banana growth suppression by plant parasitic nematodes
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Yield response of four popular banana varieties from southeast Asia to infection with a population of Radopholus similis from Davao, Philippines
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Single copy nuclear gene analysis of polyploidy in wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota).
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Complete genome sequence of a potyvirus infecting yam beans (Pachyrhizus spp.) in Peru.
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Community mobilization: a key to effective control of banana Xanthomonas wilt
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Economic analysis of commercial seed yam production systems in the Subhumid ecologies of the river Niger
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Commercial-scale adoption of improved cassava varieties: A baseline study to highlight constraints of large-scale cassava based agro-processing industries in Southern Nigeria
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Suitability of cip-bred potato clones as male parents for crossing programme under long day conditions of central Asia.
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Distribution of white grubs in three ecological domains of Nepal.
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Establishment of a cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) core collection based on agromorphological descriptors
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Diversity and distribution of parasitoids associated to Agromyzidae leafminer flies in a latitudinal gradient along the Peruvian coast.
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Effect of banana leaf pruning on banana and bean yield in an intercropping system in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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Occurrence and distribution of banana bunchy top disease in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
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New cassava varieties for Cameroon: a technical guide
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Strategy for defining research priorities.
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Working with (inter) regional innovation platforms: CRP on Roots, Tubers and Bananas.
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A strategy for banana research and development in Africa: a synthesis of results from the conference banana2008
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Targeting young adults/young households in Central Uganda: Where is the next generation of farmers?
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The taro improvement programme in Samoa: sharing genetic resources through networking
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Sweetpotato omics at CIP.
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Problem of reduction sweetpotato production in Indonesia.
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RTB Mid-year Report 2012.
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Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) stems quality for root production effectiveness
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Increasing cassava productivity in Nigeria: the commodity value chain development approach
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XXVIII International Horticultural Congress on Science and Horticulture for People (IHC2010): International Symposium on Citrus, Bananas and other Tropical Fruits under Subtropical Conditions. Lisborn (Portugal), Aug 22-27 2010
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ISPC Commentary on the Revised Proposal for CRP3.4: Roots, tubers and bananas for food security and income
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The yam nematode (Scutellonema bradys), a potential threat to potato (Solanum tuberosum) production in West Africa
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Maize (Zea mays L.) yield and soil physical properties as affected by the previous plantain cropping systems, tillage and nitrogen application
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Roadmap for investment in the seed potato value chain in Eastern Africa
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CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas
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CGIAR Research Program 3.4: Roots, Tubers and Bananas for Food Security and Income
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RTB Revised Proposal September 2011
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Segregation of selected agronomic traits in six S1 cassava families
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Endophyte-enhanced tissue culture banana in East Africa: a novel way to combat soil-borne banana pests
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RTB Revised Proposal April 2011
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Transgenic banana for Africa
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Conservation of germfreegermplasm
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DEWN: a novel surveillance system for cassava disease
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Developing clean seed systems for cassava in East and Central Africa
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Towards a healthy banana TC industry in East Africa
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GHU: gateway for the safe exchange of germplasm
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Evaluation of cassava mash dewatering methods
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Enhanced protection for tissue cultured banana plants
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Biotechnology in Musa Improvement
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Propagation methods in Musa
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Integrated Pest Management of Banana
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Physicochemical properties of yam starch: effect on textural quality of yam food product (pounded yam)
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Potato farmer field school: Facilitators resource book
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Dioscorea
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Regional impact of climate change: Africa
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Design and fabrication of a flash dryer for the production of high quality cassava flour
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Cassava investment in Africa: taking inventory of initiatives in Africa in view of positioning cassava as a strategic commodity
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Review of Consortium Research Program: Root, tubers, and bananas for food security and income.
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Select the best. Positive selection to improve farm saved seed potatoes. Trainers manual.
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Catalogo de variedades de papa nativa de Huancavelica – Peru
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Quantitative Analysis of Data from Participatory Methods in Plant Breeding
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Mapping Solanum chacoense mediated Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) resistance in a self-compatible F2 diploid population
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Effect of plant lectins on larval development of legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata
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Mapping Solanum berthaultii-based late blight (Phytophthora infestans) resistance in a diploid population
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Utilization of biological insecticides for the protection of stored yam chips
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Gender checklist for introducing new RTC technologies to men and women.
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Towards sustainable production of pre-basic seeds in Nigeria (2015-2019).
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