Mercy Kitavi

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

Shan Wu, Kin H. Lau, Qinghe Cao et al. · Nature Communications · 2018 · 317 citations · Full text

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 et al. · Theoretical and Applied Genetics · 2019 · 100 citations · Full text

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

Xavier Perrier, Christophe Jenny, Frédéric Bakry et al. · Annals of Botany · 2018 · 76 citations · Full text

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 et al. · Theoretical and Applied Genetics · 2016 · 62 citations

Biology, Genetic Diversity, Molecular Ecology +13

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

Astère Bararyenya, Bode A. Olukolu, Phinehas Tukamuhabwa et al. · BMC Plant Biology · 2020 · 40 citations · Full text