Breeding cassava for adaptation to stress conditions: development of a methodology

A description is given of CIAT's cassava breeding program, designed to exploit the adaptation of cassava to various physical and biological stress factors by selection over a range of moderate to high stress environments. The selection environments are described and a decentralized breeding methodol...

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Main Author: Hershey, Clair H.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: 1984
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68900
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Summary:A description is given of CIAT's cassava breeding program, designed to exploit the adaptation of cassava to various physical and biological stress factors by selection over a range of moderate to high stress environments. The selection environments are described and a decentralized breeding methodology is outlined.