Journal of
Plant Breeding and Crop Science

  • Abbreviation: J. Plant Breed. Crop Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9758
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPBCS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 453

Full Length Research Paper

Genetic diversity of Dacryodes edulis provenances used in controlled breeding trials

Josephine Therese Makueti
  • Josephine Therese Makueti
  • Tree Diversity, Domestication and Delivery, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P. O. Box 16317, Yaounde, Cameroon.
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Gordon Otieno
  • Gordon Otieno
  • Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kenyatta University, P. O. BOX 43844 00100, Nairobi Kenya.
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Zac Tchoundjeu
  • Zac Tchoundjeu
  • Tree Diversity, Domestication and Delivery, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P. O. Box 16317, Yaounde, Cameroon.
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Alice Muchugi
  • Alice Muchugi
  • Tree Diversity, Domestication and Delivery, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P. O. Box 30677, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Alain Tsobeng
  • Alain Tsobeng
  • Tree Diversity, Domestication and Delivery, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P. O. Box 16317, Yaounde, Cameroon.
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Ebenezer Asaah
  • Ebenezer Asaah
  • Tree Diversity, Domestication and Delivery, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P. O. Box 210, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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Robert Kariba
  • Robert Kariba
  • Tree Diversity, Domestication and Delivery, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P. O. Box 30677, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
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  •  Received: 11 March 2015
  •  Accepted: 29 June 2015
  •  Published: 31 December 2015

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