African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Assessing the genetic diversity of 48 groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes in the Guinea savanna agro-ecology of Ghana, using microsatellite-based markers

Richard Oteng-Frimpong
  • Richard Oteng-Frimpong
  • Department of Crop Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
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Mandla Sriswathi
  • Mandla Sriswathi
  • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad 502324, India.
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Bonny R Ntare
  • Bonny R Ntare
  • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), BP 30, Bamako Mali.
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Felix D. Dakora*
  • Felix D. Dakora*
  • Chemistry Department, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
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  •  Received: 02 June 2015
  •  Accepted: 27 July 2015
  •  Published: 12 August 2015

How to cite this article

APA /
Oteng-Frimpong, R., Sriswathi, M., Ntare B. R., & Dakora, F. D. (2015). Assessing the genetic diversity of 48 groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes in the Guinea savanna agro-ecology of Ghana, using microsatellite-based markers. African Journal of Biotechnology , 14(32), 2484-2493.
Chicago /
Richard Oteng-Frimpong, Mandla Sriswathi, Bonny R Ntare and Felix D. Dakora. "Assessing the genetic diversity of 48 groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes in the Guinea savanna agro-ecology of Ghana, using microsatellite-based markers." African Journal of Biotechnology 14, no. 32 (2015): 2484-2493.
MLA /
Richard Oteng-Frimpong, et al. "Assessing the genetic diversity of 48 groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes in the Guinea savanna agro-ecology of Ghana, using microsatellite-based markers." African Journal of Biotechnology 14.32 (2015): 2484-2493.