SCREENING OF PARENTAL CASSAVA GENOTYPES AND GENERATED PARTIAL INBREDS FOR RESISTANCE TO CASSAVA BROWN STREAK DISEASE IN UGANDA

A thesis is submitted to the directorate of research and graduate training in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of master of science in crop science of Makerere University

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