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Mercy Kitavi

International Potato CenterORCID

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Kitavi, M., Kitavi, Mercy, M. Kitavi, Mercy Kitavi, Mercy N. Kitavi

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International Potato CenterInternational Potato CenterInternational Potato CenterUniversity of Tennessee at KnoxvilleMichigan State University
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Mercy Kitavi is an author at International Potato Center specializing in molecular ecology, genetic variation, and genetics.

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Genome sequences of two diploid wild relatives of cultivated sweetpotato reveal targets for genetic improvement

Shan Wu, Kin H. Lau, Qinghe Cao,

Nature Communications

2018

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Quantitative trait loci and differential gene expression analyses reveal the genetic basis for negatively associated β-carotene and starch content in hexaploid sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.]

Dorcus C. Gemenet, Guilherme da Silva Pereira, Bert De Boeck,

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

2019

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East African diploid and triploid bananas: a genetic complex transported from South-East Asia

Xavier Perrier, Christophe Jenny, Frédéric Bakry,

Annals of Botany

2018

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The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation

Mercy Kitavi, Tim Downing, Jim Lorenzen,

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

2016

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Genome-wide association study identified candidate genes controlling continuous storage root formation and bulking in hexaploid sweetpotato

Astère Bararyenya, Bode A. Olukolu, Phinehas Tukamuhabwa,

BMC Plant Biology

2020

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Development of diagnostic SNP markers for quality assurance and control in sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] breeding programs

Dorcus C. Gemenet, Mercy Kitavi, Maria David,

PLoS ONE

2020

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Mycobacterium tuberculosisis the causative agent of tuberculosis in the southern ecological zones of Cameroon, as shown by genetic analysis

Jean Paul Assam Assam, Véronique Penlap Beng, Fidelis Cho‐Ngwa,

BMC Infectious Diseases

2013

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Heritable epigenetic diversity for conservation and utilization of epigenetic germplasm resources of clonal East African Highland banana (EAHB) accessions

Mercy Kitavi, Ronan Cashell, Morag Ferguson,

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

2020

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Genotyping the local banana landrace groups of East Africa

D. Karamura, Mercy Kitavi, Moses Nyine,

Acta Horticulturae

2016

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Identification of genes associated with abiotic stress tolerance in sweetpotato using weighted gene co‐expression network analysis

Mercy Kitavi, Dorcus C. Gemenet, Joshua C. Wood,

Plant Direct

2023

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