Cassava breeding is hampered by high flower abortion rates that prevent efficient
recombination among promising clones. To better understand the factors causing flower …

Cassava is a key food security staple and a competitive feedstock for multiple industrial
processes and end uses. Farmers grow hybrids which are reproduced vegetatively. Several …

The success of any hybridization outcome in cowpea is dependent on temperature and
humidity, which affect flower initiation, pollen fertility and pod setting. The purpose of this …

Controlled crosses were carried out to determine crossability among five selected cassava
varieties in terms of seed set per cross and influence of maternal inheritance on seed set in …

Understanding pollen and ovule fertility as factors influencing fruit and seed set is important
in cassava breeding. Red light (RL) and plant growth regulators (PGRs) have been used to …

Hand pollination was carried out among five varieties of cassava in reciprocals to investigate
the influence of genotype and maternal inheritance on fruit setting in cassava varieties. The …

Many tropical seeds commence dormancy at the formation of a hard seed coat. Although
cassava seeds are viable before the formation of a hard seed coat, it is unclear whether they …

Brakpo is a popular cassava variety in Ogoni land, Nigeria whose mature seeds express low
and irregular percentage seed germination. This attribute, which is common in many …

The cause of low germination percentage among hybrid cassava seeds of TMS 98/0505 and
NR 87184 is not well elucidated and the effect of seed treatments such as scarification and …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is grown in all regions of Côte d'Ivoire and is the second
largest food crop after yam with a volume of 4.24 million tons. It is consumed and sold in …