ArticleFrontiers in plant science2020
Effect of Pruning Young Branches on Fruit and Seed Set in Cassava.
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- Genome-wide association study identifies novel genes for plant architecture and yield traits in cassava (Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Cassava Breeding and Cultivation Challenges in Thailand: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Q&A: Methods for estimating genetic gain in sub-Saharan Africa and achieving improved gains.The plant genome · 2024Article
- Development of Methods for Improving Flowering and Seed Set of Diverse Germplasm in Cassava Breeding.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Flowering and fruit-set in cassava under extended red-light photoperiod supplemented with plant-growth regulators and pruning.BMC plant biology · 2023Article
- Agronomic and hormonal approaches for enhancing flowering intensity in white Guinea yam (Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Flower-inducing technology facilitates speed breeding in cassava.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Flowering induction in cassava using photoperiod extension premature pruning and plant growth regulators.PloS one · 2023Article
- Advances in Genetic Analysis and Breeding of Cassava (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Long-day photoperiod and cool temperature induce flowering in cassava: Expression of signaling genes.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Different pruning level effects on flowering period and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters ofPeerJ · 2022Article
- Fifty years of a public cassava breeding program: evolution of breeding objectives, methods, and decision-making processes.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2021Review
- Flower Development in Cassava Is Feminized by Cytokinin, While Proliferation Is Stimulated by Anti-Ethylene and Pruning: Transcriptome Responses.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
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Abstract
Flowering in cassava is closely linked with branching. Early-flowering genotypes branch low and abundantly. Although farmers prefer late flowering genotypes because of their erect plant architecture, their usefulness as progenitors in breeding is limited by their low seed production. In general, the first inflorescence aborts in cassava. Preventing this abortion would result in early production of seeds and make cassava breeding more efficient. The objective of this study was to assess if pruning young branches prevents the abortion of first inflorescences and promotes early fruit and seed set. Four genotypes with early, late, very late, and no flowering habits were grown under an extended photoperiod (EP) or normal dark night conditions (DN). Additional treatments included pruning young branches at the first or second flowering event and spraying (or not) benzyladenine (BA) after pruning. One genotype failed to flower and was not considered further. For the remaining genotypes, EP proved crucial to induce an earlier flowering, which is a pre-requisite for pruning. Total production of seeds in EP plots was 2,971
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