Articles tagged with: CBSD
Leena Tripathi discusses the use of transgenics for the genetic improvement of vegetatively propagated crops. In IITA, transgenic technologies are being used for improving banana/plantain, cassava, and yam.
IITA has adopted a multipronged strategy to tackle Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), a serious threat to cassava production, to reduce its effects on cassava in epidemic areas, and prevent its further spread.
A multipartner team of scientists have developed an early warning system that uses cell phones to monitor and track cassava disease outbreaks in Tanzania, and now in Rwanda.
Virologist James Legg discusses how IITA and partners have put in place a rigorous new system called Quality Management Protocol to assure the health of cassava planting material through seed systems.
IITA scientists are a step closer to making a breakthrough in developing cassava that is resistant to both the cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) in Eastern and Central Africa.
First it was the cassava mealybug, then the cassava green mite that threatened the food security of more than 300 million in sub-Saharan Africa. Now, another threat to cassava is emerging.