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Identification of SNP and SSR Markers in Finger Millet Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies
- D. Gimode, D. Odeny, +6 authors Santie de Villiers
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 25 July 2016
Finger millet is an important cereal crop in eastern Africa and southern India with excellent grain storage quality and unique ability to thrive in extreme environmental conditions. Since negligible… Expand
Nutritional variation in baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) fruit pulp and seeds based on Africa geographical regions
- Kinuthia U Muthai, Mbuthia S Karori, +4 authors R. Jamnadass
- Biology, Medicine
- Food science & nutrition
- 27 August 2017
Abstract Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) is an indigenous fruit tree associated with the Savannah drylands of sub‐Saharan Africa. Local communities mainly utilize the leaves, pulp, and seeds of baobab… Expand
Phylogeography of the Afromontane Prunus africana reveals a former migration corridor between East and West African highlands
- C. Kadu, S. Schüler, +11 authors T. Geburek
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular ecology
- 1 January 2011
Scattered populations of the same tree species in montane forests through Africa have led to speculations on the origins of distributions. Here, we inferred the colonization history of the… Expand
Genetic structuring of important medicinal species of genus Warburgia as revealed by AFLP analysis
- A. Muchugi, G. M. Muluvi, R. Kindt, C. Kadu, A. Simons, R. Jamnadass
- Biology
- Tree Genetics & Genomes
- 6 May 2008
The genus Warburgia (Canellaceae) contains four tree species that are of valuable medicinal importance and are all found in Africa. Genetic diversity present in wild populations of these species is… Expand
Molecular markers for tropical trees: a practical guide to principles and procedures
- A. Muchugi, C. Kadu, +6 authors R. Jamnadass
- Biology
- 2008
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Divergent pattern of nuclear genetic diversity across the range of the Afromontane Prunus africana mirrors variable climate of African highlands.
- C. A. C. Kadu, H. Konrad, +11 authors T. Geburek
- Medicine, Biology
- Annals of botany
- 2013
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Afromontane forest ecosystems share a high similarity of plant and animal biodiversity, although they occur mainly on isolated mountain massifs throughout the continent. This… Expand
Influence of rooting media and indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) concentration on rooting and shoot formation of Warburgia ugandensis stem cuttings
- F. Akwatulira, Samson Gwali, +4 authors A. Muchugi
- Biology
- 31 August 2011
This study investigated the influence of different rooting media and indolebutryic acid (IBA) hormone concentration on root and shoot development in stem cuttings ofWarburgia ugandensis. Stem… Expand
Bioactive constituents in Prunus africana: geographical variation throughout Africa and associations with environmental and genetic parameters.
- C. Kadu, A. Parich, +14 authors T. Geburek
- Biology, Medicine
- Phytochemistry
- 1 November 2012
Prunus africana--an evergreen tree found in Afromontane forests--is used in traditional medicine to cure benign prostate hyperplasia. Different bioactive constituents derived from bark extracts from… Expand
De novo sequencing and assembly analysis of transcriptome in the Sodom apple (Calotropis gigantea)
- Nkatha G. Muriira, W. Xu, A. Muchugi, J. Xu, A. Liu
- Medicine, Biology
- BMC Genomics
- 22 September 2015
BackgroundThe Sodom apple (Calotropis gigantea), a member of the Asclepiadaceae family, is a large evergreen shrub native to continental Asia and northern Africa. As an important medicinal shrub and… Expand