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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

Masumba EA,Kapinga F,Mkamilo G,Salum K,Kulembeka H,Rounsley S,Bredeson JV,Lyons JB,Rokhsar DS,Kanju E,Katari MS,Myburg AA,van der Merwe NA,Ferguson ME
Year2017
JournalTheoretical and Applied Genetics
Volume130
Total pages10

Abstract

QTL consistent across seasons were detected for resistance to cassava brown streak disease induced root necrosis and foliar symptoms. The CMD2 locus was detected in an East African landrace, and comprised two QTL.