Resources

Publications

  1. Four New Potato Varieties to Increase Agri-food System Resilience. International Potato Center. 6 p. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131320
  2. Performance of tetraploid bio‐fortified potato clones in Rwanda. Crop Science. ISSN 1435-0653. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130256
  3. Genetic Variability for Micronutrient Content and Tuber Yield Traits among Biofortified Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Clones in Ethiopia. Plants. ISSN 2223-7747. 12(14), 2625. 
  4.  https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130029
  5.  Biofortified Yellow-Fleshed Potatoes Provide More Absorbable Zinc than a Commonly Consumed Variety: A Randomized Trial Using Stable Isotopes in Women in the Peruvian Highlands. Journal of Nutrition. ISSN 1541-6100. 33 p. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131812
  6.  Potato and sweetpotato breeding at the international potato center: approaches, outcomes and the way forward. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. ISSN 1432-2242. 37(12). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135690
  1. Improving the prospects for breeding better bananas. https://www.rtb.cgiar.org/news/improving-the-prospects-for-breeding-better-bananas/. 
  2. Breeding Database – Breeding better bananas. https://breedingbetterbananas.org/breeding-database/. 
  3. BPAT Assessment of IITA/NARO banana, plantain programs. https://breedingbetterbananas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BPAT-Final-Report-IITANARO-Banana-May-4th-2021.pdf. 
  4. Improving the prospects for breeding better bananas – CGIAR. https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/improving-the-prospects-for-breeding-better-bananas. 
  5.  East Africa’s banana farmers welcome new varieties that resist disease …. https://allianceforscience.org/blog/2021/06/east-africas-banana-farmers-welcome-new-varieties-that-resist-disease-and-drought/. 
  6.  Identification of a major QTL controlling resistance to the Subtropical Race 4… https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020289 
  7. Farmers’ preferences for East African highland cooking banana ’Matooke’ hybrids and local cultivars… https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-023-00407-7 
  8. First Report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae Causing Dieback Symptoms on Plantain (Musa AAB subgroup) in Nigeria… https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-03-22-0638-PDN 
  9. First report of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii parasitizing plantain (Musa spp., AAB) in Nigeria… https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-06-22-1350-SC 
  10. Better Nitrogen Fertilizer Management Improved Mchare Banana Productivity and Profitability in Northern Highlands, Tanzania…https:// doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051418 
  11. Exploring nitrogen use efficiency in Musa spp. Acta Hortic. 1367: 141-150. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1367.16 
  12. Evaluating phloem sap δ13C as a short-term indicator of drought stress in banana…DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1367.15
  13. Genetic Mapping, Candidate Gene Identification and Marker Validation for Host Plant Resistance to the Race 4…10.3390/pathogens12060820 
  14.  Maize stover transfers from maize fields to banana-based agroforestry homegardens and the corresponding nutrient flows in central-northern Tanzania. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 6:1131328. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2023.1131328  
  15. The BananaTainer: a high throughput phenotyping installation to explore Musa’s growth potential in the East African highlands. Acta Hortic. 1372: 15-21. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1372.3 
  16. Unravelling the diversity in water usage among wild banana species in response to vapour pressure deficit. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1068191. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1068191 
  17.  Sensory characterization of the perceived quality of East African highland cooking bananas (matooke). Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture, pages 1 – 8, ISSN 0022-5142
  18. Connecting data for consumer preferences, food quality, and breeding in support of market-oriented breeding of root, tuber, and banana crops. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, pages 1 – 13, ISSN 0022-5142, 2023.
  19.  Journal of the Science of East African highland cooking banana: towards an efficient selection of hybrids with user-preferred food quality traits. Food and Agriculture, pages 1 – 10, ISSN 0022-5142, 2023.
  20. Evaluation of training on good agronomic practices for seed yam production in Nigeria. Seeds, 2(1), pp.116-126. 
  21. A report of Meloidogyne arenaria Parasitizing Plantain (Musa spp., AAB) in Nigeria. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 18(1), p.19. 
Scientific Reports
  1. Cassava Cooking Properties Characterization using NIRS on Fresh Ground Cassava – Updated Dataset 2020-2023. http://agritrop.cirad.fr/610379/

Quality

Publications
  1. Histological and biophysical changes of cassava roots during retting, a key step of fufu processing. J Sci Food Agric. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13130
  2. Use of sensory and physico-chemical parameters to understand consumer perception of attiéké, a fermented cassava product. J Sci Food Agric. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13141
  3. Genetic and environmental effects on processing productivity and food product yield: drudgery of women’s work. J Sci Food Agric. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13079
  4. Content and distribution of cyanogenic compounds in cassava roots and leaves in association with physiological age. J Sci Food Agric. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13123
  5. Definition of sensory and instrumental thresholds of acceptability for selection of cassava genotypes with improved boiling properties. J Sci Food Agric. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13363
  6. East African highland cooking banana: towards an efficient selection of hybrids with user-preferred food quality traits. J Sci Food Agric. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13070
  7. User preferences and consumer acceptability of boiled plantain in rural and urban localities in Cameroon. J Sci Food Agric. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13090
  8. Analysis of association of sensory and laboratory assessments for quality and consumer acceptability of steamed East Africa highland bananas. J Sci Food Agric. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13043
  9. The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 44, 8 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-023-00937-1
  10. Anticipating social differentiation and unintended consequences in scaling initiatives using GenderUp, a method to support responsible scaling. Agricultural Systems, Volume 215, 103866 ; Special issue: Enabling Inclusive Innovation in Agriculture and Food Systems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.103866
  11. Gender-Inclusive Consumer Studies Improve Cassava Breeding in Nigeria. Front. Sociol., Special Issue: Gender Intentional Crop Breeding: From Integration to Institutional Innovation. Sec. Gender, Sex and Sexualities. 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1224504
Journal Articles
  1. New breeding tools and methods to meet consumer preferences https://scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970010/2024/104/8
  2. Evaluating the dry matter content of raw yams using hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy and machine learning. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2024.106692
SoPs
  1. Yam tuber Shape and Color Phenotyping Pipeline. https://github.com/dcornet/YamSCoP
  2. Standard Operating Protocol for Instrumental Textural Characterization of Fried Plantain (Aloco). https://doi.org/10.18167/agritrop/00781
  3. Standard Operating Protocol for Characterization of Instrumental Color of Raw Matooke. https://doi.org/10.18167/agritrop/00782
  4. Standard Operating Procedure for Characterization of Instrumental Texture of Steamed Potato by Penetration, TPA and Extrusion. https://doi.org/10.18167/agritrop/00783
Methodology & Tools 
  1. Evaluation of acceptability thresholds of key quality traits for the different RTB food products. https://doi.org/10.18167/agritrop/00777
  2. Evaluation of acceptability thresholds of key quality traits for the different RTB food products. https://doi.org/10.18167/agritrop/00778
  3. Evaluation of acceptability thresholds of key quality traits for the different RTB food products. https://doi.org/10.18167/agritrop/00779

Gender

Publications
  1. “Gender-Inclusive Consumer Studies Improve Cassava Breeding in Nigeria.” Frontiers in Sociology, vol. 9, 12 Feb. 2024. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1224504
  2. Targeted genotyping-by-sequencing of potato and data analysis with R/polyBreedR. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tpg2.20484

Stories

  1. Interview with Dr Robert Mwanga (formerly CIP) by Stefan Möhl (CIP) 
  2. Interview with Biswanath Das (CGIAR ABI-Transform) by Stefan Möhl (CIP) 
  3. CGIAR Research Initiative on Cassava

Media Archive

    1. RTB Project Annual Technical Report 2023
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