UNASSIGNED: Increased agricultural production is an urgent issue. Projected global population is 9 million @entity1 by mid of this century. Estimation projects death of 1 million @entity1 for @entity2055 (micronutrient deficit) and quantity ( @entity51 ). Majority of these @entity1 will be living in developing countries. Other global challenges include shrinking cultivable lands, salinity, and flooding due to climate changes, new emerging pathogens, and pests. These affect crop production. Furthermore, they are major threats to crop genetic resources and food security. Genetic diversity in cultivated crops indicates gene pool richness. It is the greatest resource for plant breeders to select lines that enhance food security. This study was conducted by Masinde Muliro University to evaluate genetic diversity in 19 @entity11314 accessions from Kenya national gene bank. Accessions clustered into two major groups. High divergence was observed between accessions from Ethiopia and Australia and those from Western Kenya. Upper Volta accessions were closely related to those from Western Kenya. Low variation was observed between accessions from Eastern and Rift Valley than those from Western and Coastal regions of Kenya. Diversity obtained in this study can further be exploited for the improvement of @entity11314 in Kenya as a measure of food security.

Genetic Diversity of @entity11314 ( XXXX .) Accession in Kenya Gene Bank Based on Simple Sequence Repeat Markers.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['people'] @entity51 :: ('MESH:D009461', 'Disease') :: ['protein deficit'] @entity11314 :: ('3917', 'Species') :: ['cowpea'] @entity2055 :: ('MESH:D001259', 'Disease') :: ['lack of food quality']
@entity11314 :: (3917,Species) :: ['Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp']
