Flowering and fruit-set in cassava under extended red-light photoperiod supplemented with plant-growth regulators and pruning.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is staple food and major source of calories for over 500 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. The crop is also a source of income for smallholder farmers, and has increasing potential for industrial utilization. However, breeding efforts to match the increasing demand of cassava are impeded by its inability to flower, delayed or unsynchronized flowering, low proportion of female flowers and high fruit abortions. To overcome these sexual reproductive bottlenecks, this study investigated the effectiveness of using red lights to extend the photoperiod (RLE), as a gateway to enhancing flowering and fruit set under field conditions.

Materials and methods

Panels of cassava genotypes, with non- or late and early flowering response, 10

SUBMITTER: Baguma JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10288747 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature