UC Davis UC Davis Previously Published Works Title Genetic diversity of Ethiopian cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott) accessions as revealed by morphological traits and SSR markers. Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0g4401rv Journal PloS one, 16(1) ISSN 1932-6203 Authors Wada, Eyasu Feyissa, Tileye Tesfaye, Kassahun et al. Publication Date 2021-01-07 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0245120 Peer reviewed eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California PLOS ONE RESEARCH ARTICLE Genetic diversity of Ethiopian cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott) accessions as revealed by morphological traits and SSR markers 1 2 2 3 4 Eyasu WadaID *, Tileye Feyissa , Kassahun Tesfaye , Zemede Asfaw , Daniel Potter 1 Department of Biology, College of Natural and Compuational Sciences, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia, 2 Department of MCMB, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3 Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, College of a1111111111 Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4 Department of Plant a1111111111 Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California-Davis, Davis, a1111111111 California, United States of America a1111111111 a1111111111 *
[email protected] Abstract OPEN ACCESS Cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott) is an exotic species from tropical America Citation: Wada E, Feyissa T, Tesfaye K, Asfaw Z, that is widely cultivated in Ethiopia for its edible cormels and leaves. There is a dearth of Potter D (2021) Genetic diversity of Ethiopian information on the genetic diversity of Ethiopian cocoyam. In order to evaluate and select cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott) cocoyam germplasm for breeding and conservation, genetic diversity of 100 Ethiopian coco- accessions as revealed by morphological traits and SSR markers.