Genome-wide association study revealed genomic regions associated with tuber quality traits in water yam (Dioscorea alata L.)

Fatoumata Ouattara; Paterne A. Agre; Idris I. Adejumobi; Bunmi Olasanmi; Adekemi Stanley; Fatogoma Sorho; Konan E. B. Dibi; Malachy O. Akoroda; Ranjana Bhattacharjee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0339978

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Genome-wide association study revealed genomic regions associated with tuber quality traits in water yam (Dioscorea alata L.)

Fatoumata Ouattara ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: timfa.ouattara@gmail.com (FO), r.bhattacharjee@cgiar.org (RB)

Affiliations Pan African University Life and Earth Science Institute, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan PMB, Nigeria
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Paterne A. Agre,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan PMB, Nigeria
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Idris I. Adejumobi,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Crop and Horticultural Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Adekemi Stanley,

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation African Center of Excellence on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (CEA-CCBAD), Félix Houphouet-Boigny University, Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire
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Konan E. B. Dibi,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Bouaké, Côte D’Ivoire
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Malachy O. Akoroda,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Crop and Horticultural Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Ranjana Bhattacharjee

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: timfa.ouattara@gmail.com (FO), r.bhattacharjee@cgiar.org (RB)

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

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5184-5930

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Genome-wide association study revealed genomic regions associated with tuber quality traits in water yam (Dioscorea alata L.)

Fatoumata Ouattara,
Paterne A. Agre,
Idris I. Adejumobi,
Bunmi Olasanmi,
Adekemi Stanley,
Fatogoma Sorho,
Konan E. B. Dibi,
Malachy O. Akoroda,
Ranjana Bhattacharjee

Published: February 4, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0339978

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