Working Document Series Open Access Determination of genetic structure of germplasm collections: Are traditional hierarchical clustering methods appropriate for genetic marker data? J. Jansen · T.L. Odong · F.A. van Eeuwijk · J. van Heerwaarden +1 more We studied the performance of traditional hierarchical clustering techniques using molecular marker data. In this study, we showed that the cophenetic correlation coefficient is directly related to subgroup differentiation and can thus be … RUF-35236 2010 CC BY 4.0 17 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Characterisation of genetic diversity among Sudanese sorghum accessions using molecular markers and phenotypic characteristics M. A. Abdelbagi · Suliman. Sufian Sorghum is an important staple food grain crop for the millions of people living in the semi-arid tropics in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The present study examined phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of 95 Sudanese sorghum accessi… RUF-34687 2010 CC BY 4.0 9 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Prevalence of bean anthracnose in Zambia and diversity of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in Southern Africa P. Kachapulula · M. Mwala · P. Okori Prevalence of bean anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum was assessed in four agro-ecologies in Zambia. Subsequently, fungal isolates were tested for race specifically involving race differentials and DNA analysis using Simp… RUF-34555 2010 CC BY 4.0 4 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access Introgressing resistance to Turcicum leaf blight and mapping of associated quantitative trait loci in sorghum M. Abdelbagi Ali · Mayada Mamoun Beshir · P. Gibson · P. Okori Screening for Turcicum leaf blight was carried out in F2 and F2:3 segregating sorghum populations under field and controlled conditions. Disease severity as a percentage of leaf area covered by lesions was computed and the lesion type was … RUF-34473 2010 CC BY 4.0 21 Aug 2015
