ONE of the staple foods of the people of the rain forest belt of West Africa is gari, a starchy food prepared from the root of the cassava plant (Manihot utilissima). The traditional preparation ...

Cassava’s humble appearance, however, belies an impressive combination of productivity, toughness and diversity. Over the ...

Since this was from their main food store, I would take, in a miserly manner, only one tuber from a cassava plant, which would have to last me the whole day, leaving the rest for my Vedda host family.

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A research team investigates how genome editing can be harnessed to accelerate cassava breeding and improve key traits.

(Sphingidae), is the only serious lepidopteran pest throughout the cassava-growing regions of the Neotropics. Severe attacks cause complete plant defoliation, losses in bulk root production, and lower ...

In Kukurro's honor, farmers occasionally plant stems of high-yielding and resilient cassava plants in close proximity in special "Kukurro houses." This enables seed-based sexual reproduction ...