White Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) landraces trait profiling and setting benchmark for breeding programs in the Republic of Benin

• Yêyinou Laura Estelle Loko ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: lokoestelle@yahoo.fr

  Affiliations Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), National High School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA/UNSTIM), Dassa-Zoumé, Benin, Laboratory of Applied Entomology (LEnA), National High School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA), National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics, Dassa, Benin

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-1334

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• Charlemagne D. S. J. Gbemavo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), National High School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA/UNSTIM), Dassa-Zoumé, Benin

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• Paterne A. Agre,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria

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• Anicet G. Dassou,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), National High School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA/UNSTIM), Dassa-Zoumé, Benin

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• Octaviano Igor Yelome,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), National High School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA/UNSTIM), Dassa-Zoumé, Benin

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• Roger Idossou,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), National High School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA/UNSTIM), Dassa-Zoumé, Benin

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• S. Alban Etchiha Afoha,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), National High School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA/UNSTIM), Dassa-Zoumé, Benin

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-1699

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• Eric Dadonougbo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), National High School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA/UNSTIM), Dassa-Zoumé, Benin

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• Jeannette Fakorede,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), National High School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA/UNSTIM), Dassa-Zoumé, Benin

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• Alexandre A. Dansi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding (BIORAVE), National High School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA/UNSTIM), Dassa-Zoumé, Benin

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