Development of High Yielding Early Bulking Cassava Varieties for Drought Prone Agro-Ecology of Nigeria.

Olalekan Akinbo1, Emmanuel Okogbenin1, Clement Adebija2, Favour Ewa1, Eunice Ekaette1, Lydia Ezenwaka1, Ugochuckwu Ikeorgu1, Kenneth Eluwa1, Chiedozie Egesi1 and Martin Fregene3, (1)Cassava Breeding Unit, National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike, Nigeria, (2)Ahmadu Bello University, Kano Outstation, 2Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR), Kano, Nigeria, (3)Donald Danforth Plant Centre, St. Louis, MO