June 2018

Biological effect of gamma irradiation on vegetative propagation of Coffea arabica L

Coffee is the second most valuable commodity exported by developing countries, and supports the livelihood of more than 75 million people. There are limitations to preference for established cultivars due to the autogamous nature of the crop thereby making improvements via conventional breeding of many years to produce a new cultivar difficult. Mutation breeding can overcome these obstacles. One of the first steps in...

Author(s): Dada K. E., Anagbogu C. F., Forster B. P., Muyiwa A. A., Adenuga O. O., Olaniyi O. O. and Bado S.