major factor leading to rejection and abandoning of
improved cassava genotypes in sub-Saharan Africa
due to demographic and market pressures while early
bulking (EB) is one of the important traits of interest to
farmers in cassava growing regions. It has been found
out that early yield in cassava is highly influenced by
each of harvest index, foliage, root diameter and root
number (Okogbenin et al. 2006). EB varieties shorten
the growth period from planting to harvesting