TABLE 1.
Distribution of accessions, according to region of origin and classification into RFLP clusters (Deu et al. 2006)
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| Regiona | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | Unclustered accessions |
| Extreme West Africa (A) | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Northcentral Africa (B) | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 6 | |||||
| Northeast Africa (C) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| Southeast Africa (D) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| Southern Africa (E) | 1 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 4 | ||||||
| South Asia (SA) | 10 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
| East Asia (EA) | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||
| Others | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
Countries included in the regions. Extreme West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone; northcentral Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Nigeria; northeast Africa: Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen; southeast Africa: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda; southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe; south Asia: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka; East Asia: China, Korea; others: Algeria, Turkey, USA.
Nomenclature according to Deu et al. (2006): 2, guinea margaritiferum acccessions from western Africa; 1, guinea accessions from western Africa; 6, transplanted caudatum accessions from Lake Chad region; 3, durra accessions from central and eastern Africa and from Asia; 5, caudatum accessions from Africa; 10, caudatum and durra accessions from the African Great Lakes region; 8, guinea accessions from southern Africa; 7, kafir accessions from southern Africa; 9, guinea accessions from Asia; 4, bicolor and caudatum accessions from China.