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    Genetic diversity in Colocasia esculenta and Xanthosoma mafaffa in Togo, West Africa

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    Date
    2021
    Author
    Bammite, D.
    Matthews, P.J.
    Dagnon, Y.D.
    Agbogan, A.
    Agre, A.P.
    Akintayo, O.T.
    Odah, K.
    Dansi, A.
    Abberton, M.
    Tozo, K.S.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    Abstract/Description
    Taro and new cocoyam are root and leaf crops commonly grown in tropical to warm temperate regions. In Togo, they are neglected and underutilized. Here we report the genetic diversity of 26 accessions of taro and 101 accessions of new cocoyam. Analysis of simple sequence repeats revealed low polymorphic information content of 0.43 and 0.25 in taro and new cocoyam, respectively. PCA scatterplots and Neighbour Joining dendrograms based on the SSR data clustered accessions into groups that moreorless correspond to morphological diversity in both species. AMOVA within and between morphological groups revealed greater variances within groups than between. This indicates weak genetic differentiation between morphological groups, particularly for taro. Genetic diversity was greater among taro cultivars. Taro has a longer history of introduction and dispersal in Africa, and has had more opportunity for multiple introduction and local cultivar development. Different strategies are suggested for future development of these crops in Togo and Africa. For taro, further studies of existing diversity and recent experimental introductions to Africa are likely to be rewarding. New cocoyam, a modern historical introduction, has spread widely in Africa with little genetic diversity. For this crop, international collaboration is needed to clarify taxonomy, and to introduce further cultivars for evaluation under local conditions in Africa.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.36253/ahsc-9689
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7399
    IITA Authors ORCID
    Paterne AGREhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-2530
    Michael Abbertonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2555-9591
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.36253/ahsc-9689
    Research Themes
    Biotech and Plant Breeding
    IITA Subjects
    Agronomy; Biodiversity; Genetic Improvement; Plant Breeding; Plant Genetic Resources; Plant Production
    Agrovoc Terms
    Crops; Diversity; Genetic Diversity; Taro; Togo
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Togo
    Hubs
    Headquarters and Western Africa Hub
    Journals
    Advances in Horticultural Science
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