Publications by authors named "Saviour J Y Eleblu"
Article Synopsis
- - The study explores how the quality and yield of cassava roots, particularly for making gari, affects its commercial value and adoption by farmers and processors.
- - Researchers used phenotypic selection and genome-wide analysis on 188 cassava clones to identify nine significant SNPs linked to traits like peel loss and gari yield across seven chromosomes.
- - Future work will validate these findings and further investigate how the identified genes impact the quality and yield of gari and other cassava products.
Conversion of cassava () roots to processed products such as gari and fufu before consumption is a common practice worldwide by cassava end-user for detoxification, prolonged shelf life or profitability. Fresh root and processed product yield are supposed to be equivalent for each genotype, however, that is not the case. Developing genotypes with high product conversion rate is an important breeding goal in cassava as it drives the adoption rates of new varieties.
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