ReviewPlant cell reports2011
Cassava: constraints to production and the transfer of biotechnology to African laboratories.
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- Multiomics analysis of cassava with different ploidy levels in response toTetranychus cinnabarinus.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- How growers make decisions impacts plant disease control.PLoS computational biology · 2022Article
- Cassava shrunken-2 homolog MeAPL3 determines storage root starch and dry matter content and modulates storage root postharvest physiological deterioration.Plant molecular biology · 2022Article
- Agrobacterium-mediated cassava transformation for the Asian elite variety KU50.Plant molecular biology · 2022Article
- Plant regeneration from leaf mesophyll derived protoplasts of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz).PloS one · 2022Article
- Resequencing of 388 cassava accessions identifies valuable loci and selection for variation in heterozygosity.Genome biology · 2021Article
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- Feeding Value Assessment of Substituting Cassava (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- In vitro propagation of three mosaic disease resistant cassava cultivars.BMC biotechnology · 2020Article
- Technological Innovations for Improving Cassava Production in Sub-Saharan Africa.Frontiers in genetics · 2020Review
- ArabidopsisFrontiers in plant science · 2019Article
- Efficacy of chemotherapy and thermotherapy in elimination ofJournal of phytopathology (1986) · 2018Article
- Provitamin A biofortification of cassava enhances shelf life but reduces dry matter content of storage roots due to altered carbon partitioning into starch.Plant biotechnology journal · 2018Article
- Characters related to higher starch accumulation in cassava storage roots.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) landraces from Cameroon.SpringerPlus · 2015Article
- Strengthening African R&D through effective transfer of tropical crop biotech to African institutions.Nature biotechnology · 2012Article
- Robust transformation procedure for the production of transgenic farmer-preferred cassava landraces.Plant methods · 2012Article
- DNA barcoding simplifies environmental risk assessment of genetically modified crops in biodiverse regions.PloS one · 2012Article
- Plant biotechnology in support of the Millennium Goals II.Plant cell reports · 2011Article
- The potential of using biotechnology to improve cassava: a review.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant : journal of the Tissue Culture AssociationReview
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Abstract
Knowledge and technology transfer to African institutes is an important objective to help achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Plant biotechnology in particular enables innovative advances in agriculture and industry, offering new prospects to promote the integration and dissemination of improved crops and their derivatives from developing countries into local markets and the global economy. There is also the need to broaden our knowledge and understanding of cassava as a staple food crop. Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a vital source of calories for approximately 500 million people living in developing countries. Unfortunately, it is subject to numerous biotic and abiotic stresses that impact on production, consumption, marketability and also local and country economics. To date, improvements to cassava have been led via conventional plant breeding programmes, but with advances in molecular-assisted breeding and plant biotechnology new tools are being developed to hasten the generation of improved farmer-preferred cultivars. In this review, we report on the current constraints to cassava production and knowledge acquisition in Africa, including a case study discussing the opportunities and challenges of a technology transfer programme established between the Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute in Tanzania and Europe-based researchers. The establishment of cassava biotechnology platform(s) should promote research capabilities in African institutions and allow scientists autonomy to adapt cassava to suit local agro-ecosystems, ultimately serving to develop a sustainable biotechnology infrastructure in African countries.
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