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ROOT ROT RESISTANCE IN NEW CASSAVA VARIETIES INTRODUCED TO FARMERS IN NIGERIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2009

R. U. OKECHUKWU ,
A. G. O. DIXON ,
M. O. AKORODA ,
M. MWANGI  and
R. BANDYOPADHYAY
R. U. OKECHUKWU*
Affiliation:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, PMB 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria
A. G. O. DIXON
Affiliation:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, PMB 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria
M. O. AKORODA
Affiliation:
Agronomy Department, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
M. MWANGI
Affiliation:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, PMB 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria
R. BANDYOPADHYAY
Affiliation:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, PMB 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria
*
‡Corresponding author: [email protected]
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Summary

In 2004 and 2005 through field trials in over 2500 locations in several agroecological zones, 40 new cassava varieties were introduced in Nigeria. The trials were managed by scientists, extension workers and farmers. The aim in introducing these new varieties was to pre-emptively manage cassava mosaic disease, to avert an imminent threat from the Ugandan strain of the pathogen and prevent damage to the Nigerian cassava economy. From these trials, 10 new varieties were selected and officially released for high root yield, high dry matter content and acceptability for food, industry and livestock. Cassava root rot is a major source of yield loss in Nigeria, especially where farmers practice late harvest because they wait for a good price from the market before harvest and sales. This paper investigated how the 40 varieties together with three old improved varieties currently in farmers' fields during the formal trials responded to root rot disease. No absolutely resistant variety was found, indicating that early harvest (9–11 months after planting) is still the best way to reduce losses from root rot. Root rot is also significantly (p ≤ 0.05) influenced by genotype and environment interaction. Most root rot was recorded in the humid forest and the least was in the Sudan savanna agroecological zone. Using a rank-sum method, the 43 varieties were separated into highly resistant, resistant, moderately resistant, moderately susceptible, susceptible and highly susceptible classes.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 15 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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