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Cecilia Usoro
Researcher at Rivers State University of Science and Technology
Publications - 1
Citations - 98
Cecilia Usoro is an academic researcher from Rivers State University of Science and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Domestication & Dacryodes edulis. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 92 citations.
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Evidence that subsistence farmers have domesticated indigenous fruits (Dacryodes edulis and Irvingia gabonensis) in Cameroon and Nigeria
Roger R. B. Leakey,Zacharie Tchoundjeu,Rognvald I. Smith,Robert C. Munro,Jean-Marie Fondoun,Joseph Kengue,P. O. Anegbeh,A. R. Atangana,Annabelle N. Waruhiu,Ebenezer Asaah,Cecilia Usoro,Victoria Ukafor +11 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that as a result of the farmers’ own efforts by truncated selection, D. edulis is between Stages 2 and 3 of domestication in Cameroon, while I. gabonensis in Nigeria is at Stage 2 (with a 44% relative gain in flesh depth).