Working Document Series Open Access Characterization of tomato accessions for breeding research in Kenya F. K. Kathimba · P. M. Kimani · L. M. Kiriika · R.D. Narla Understanding the phenotypic traits of germplasm through cultivation and assessing the morphological and agronomic characters facilitates selection of suitable parents for a breeding programme. Although tomato is the leading vegetable crop… RUF-38610 2018 CC BY 4.0 4 Sep 2020
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Variability in Phenotypic traits and resistance to blast in interspecific finger millet progenies Violet Akech Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.)Gaertn.ssp. coracana) is an important food, food security and cash crop in eastern and southern Africa where small-scale farmers grow it in low input farming systems. The crop has food security, nutriti… RUF-35803 2015 CC BY 4.0 27 Jan 2016
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Variation in cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz) based on single nucleotide polymorphisms, simple sequence repeats and phenotypic traits R.S. Kawuki This thesis presents results from four research objectives. The first objective presents analysis of cassava germplasm form six countries (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, D.R.C, and Madagascar) using 29 qualitative traits. Germplasm form … RUF-35475 2009 CC BY 4.0 28 Sep 2015
