Upscaling cassava processing machines and products in Liberia [PDF]
, 2020 Open Access JournalCassava is produced by more than 80% of farming households and is an important contributor to gross domestic product (GDP) in Liberia. It is therefore important to assess the status of cassava processing into food and other products. A
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First report and preliminary evaluation of cassava root necrosis in Angola [PDF]
, 2020 Open Access ArticleCassava is a main staple food for 800 million people world-wide. Production is limited by pest and pathogens. The most devastating cassava viruses are Cassava Brown Streak Virus and Uganda Cassava Brown Streak Virusboth causing severe ...
Bakelana, Z. +11 more
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Highre-solution linkage map and chromosome-scale genome assembly for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) from 10 populations [PDF]
, 2016 Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a major staple crop in Africa, Asia, and South America, and its starchy roots provide nourishment for 800 million people worldwide.
International Cassava Genetic Map Consortium
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Impact of host plant species and whitefly species on feeding behavior of Bemisia tabaci [PDF]
, 2019 Whiteflies of the Bemisia tabaci species complex are economically important pests of cassava. In Africa, they cause greatest damage through vectoring viruses responsible for cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak disease. Several cryptic species
Legg, James P. +3 more
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Does institution type affect access to finance for cassava actors in Nigeria? [PDF]
, 2020 The cassava system in Nigeria is developing, with increasing attention to its potential positive outcomes. However, credit access is a major problem in expanding productive activities of the different actors across the value chains of cassava products ...
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Effect of cassava chips on quality of silage from fresh forage sorghum plus Cavalcade forage legume hay mixtures [PDF]
, 2014 Readers are free to share (to copy, distribute and transmit) and to remix (to adapt) the work under the conditions of Attribution, Noncommercial, and Share Alike (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)Two experiments investigated the ...
Higgs, David Edward Barry +2 more
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Genetic diversity and phylogeography of cassava mosaic geminiviruses in Madagascar. [S02-12] [PDF]
, 2012 Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) caused by cassava mosaic geminiviruses (CMGs, Geminiviridae) is a major threat on cassava production throughout Africa. In Madagascar, severe symptoms with high prevalence of CMD were observed.
Andrianjaka, Alice +8 more
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Unsuccessful Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) evaluation attempts in western Democratic Republic of Congo and implications with cassava root necrosis disease (CRND) etiology [PDF]
, 2020 Open Access ArticleCassava brown streak disease (CBSD) is the second most important virus disease after Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), infecting cassava (ManihotesculetaCrantz) in Africa. The disease is caused by two distinct viruses, Cassava brown streak
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Molecular evidence for the association of a strain of Uganda variant of East African cassava mosaic virus to symptom severity in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) fields in Togo [PDF]
, 2009 : Problem statement: This study was carried out to demonstrate that the severity of Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) in Togo, is not only influenced by synergism between cassava Begomoviruses in presence, but essentially by recombination between the ...
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Agro-waste: a potential fermentation substrate for Penicillium chrysogenum [PDF]
, 2009 Common agro-wastes found in Lagos, Nigeria (cassava shavings, corncob, sawdust, and sugarcane pulp) were compared with glucose and lactose as fermentation substrates for Penicillium chrysogenum PCL501.
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