Chromosome evolution and the genetic basis of agronomically important traits in greater yam

Autor: Jessen V. Bredeson, Jessica B. Lyons, Ibukun O. Oniyinde, Nneka R. Okereke, Olufisayo Kolade, Ikenna Nnabue, Christian O. Nwadili, Eva Hřibová, Matthew Parker, Jeremiah Nwogha, Shengqiang Shu, Joseph Carlson, Robert Kariba, Samuel Muthemba, Katarzyna Knop, Geoffrey J. Barton, Anna V. Sherwood, Antonio Lopez-Montes, Robert Asiedu, Ramni Jamnadass, Alice Muchugi, David Goodstein, Chiedozie N. Egesi, Jonathan Featherston, Asrat Asfaw, Gordon G. Simpson, Jaroslav Doležel, Prasad S. Hendre, Allen Van Deynze, Pullikanti Lava Kumar, Jude E. Obidiegwu, Ranjana Bhattacharjee, Daniel S. Rokhsar

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2022)

While greater yam provides food and income security for millions of people around the world, there are limited genomic resources available. Here, the authors report a chromosome-scale assembly of the greater yam genome as well as quantitative trait l

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African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC): status of developing genomic resources for African orphan crops

Autor: Min Liu, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Alice Muchugi, Xuezhu Liao, Samuel Muthemba, Linzhou Li, Howard-Yana Shapiro, Shufeng Peng, Allen Van Deynze, Yuan Fu, Bo Song, Shifeng Cheng, Xin Liu, Xun Xu, Rita H. Mumm, Prasad S. Hendre, Jian Wang, Sibo Wang, Huan Liu, Robert Kariba, Huanming Yang, Haorong Lu, Yue Chang, Ramni Jamnadass, A. J. Simons

Publikováno v: Planta. 250:989-1003

The African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) successfully initiated the ambitious genome sequencing project of 101 African orphan crops/trees with 6 genomes sequenced, 6 near completion, and 20 currently in progress. Addressing stunting, malnutrition,

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-019-03156-9

Draft genome sequence of Solanum aethiopicum provides insights into disease resistance, drought tolerance, and the evolution of the genome

Autor: Xun Xu, Sibo Wang, Alice Muchugi, Jing Wang, Samuel Muthemba, Yue Song, Howard Yana Shapiro, Joyce Njuguna, Robert Kariba, Damaris A. Odeny, Francesca Stomeo, Huan Liu, Sandra Ndagire Kamenya, Yuan Fu, Solomon Maina, Xin Liu, Prasad S. Hendre, Xiuli Li, Wenjing Sun, Allen Van Deynze, Bo Song, Appolinaire Djikeng, Xiaoli Chen, Shifeng Cheng, Elizabeth Balyejusa Kizito, Pamela Nahamya Kabod, Ramni Jamnadass, Wenbin Chen, Huanming Yang

Publikováno v: Song, B, Song, Y, Fu, Y, Kizito, E B, Kamenya, S N, Kabod, P N, Liu, H, Muthemba, S, Kariba, R, Njuguna, J, Maina, S, Stomeo, F, Djikeng, A, Hendre, P S, Chen, X, Chen, W, Li, X, Sun, W, Wang, S, Cheng, S, Muchugi, A, Jamnadass, R, Shapiro, H Y, Van Deynze, A, Yang, H, Wang, J, Xu, X, Odeny, D A & Liu, X 2019, ' Draft genome sequence of Solanum aethiopicum provides insights into disease resistance, drought tolerance, and the evolution of the genome ', GigaScience, vol. 8, no. 10, giz115 . https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giz115
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BackgroundThe African eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum) is a nutritious traditional vegetable used in many African countries, including Uganda and Nigeria. It is thought to have been domesticated in Africa from its wild relative, Solanum anguivi. S. aet

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11820/1ba5897d-086e-463e-9308-bc389cacc0b0

Use of microsatellite markers for the assessment of bambara groundnut breeding system and varietal purity before genome sequencing

Autor: Alice Muchugi, Prasad S. Hendre, Sean Mayes, Robert Kariba, Allen Van Deynze, Samuel Muthemba, Festo Massawe, Bo Song, Wai Kuan Ho, Busiso Olga Mavenkeni

Publikováno v: Genome. 59:427-431

Maximizing the research output from a limited investment is often the major challenge for minor and underutilized crops. However, such crops may be tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses and are adapted to local, marginal, and low-input environments

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https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2016-0029