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Systematic Analysis of bHLH Transcription Factors in Cassava Uncovers Their Roles in Postharvest Physiological Deterioration and Cyanogenic Glycosides Biosynthesis

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins are a large superfamily of transcription factors, and play a central role in a wide range of metabolic, physiological, and developmental processes in higher organisms.
Feifei An, Feifei An, Xinhui Xiao, Ting Chen, Jingjing Xue, Xiuqin Luo, Wenjun Ou, Kaimian Li, Jie Cai, Songbi Chen   +9 more
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MeRAV5 promotes drought stress resistance in cassava by modulating hydrogen peroxide and lignin accumulation.

The Plant Journal, 2021
Cassava, an important food and energy crop, is relatively more resistant to drought stress than other crops. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this resistance remains elusive.
Yu Yan, Peng Wang, Yi Lu, Yujing Bai, Yunxie Wei, Guoyin Liu, Haitao Shi   +6 more
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Magnesium chelatase subunit D is not only required for chlorophyll biosynthesis and photosynthesis, but also affecting starch accumulation in Manihot esculenta Crantz

BMC Plant Biology, 2023
Background Magnesium chelatase plays an important role in photosynthesis, but only a few subunits have been functionally characterized in cassava. Results Herein, MeChlD was successfully cloned and characterized.
Xingai Yang, Jie Cai, Jingjing Xue, Xiuqin Luo, Wenli Zhu, Xinhui Xiao, Maofu Xue, Feifei An, Kaimian Li, Songbi Chen   +9 more
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Flower-inducing technology facilitates speed breeding in cassava

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Cassava is a tropical crop that provides daily carbohydrates to more than 800 million people. New cassava cultivars with improved yield, disease resistance, and food quality are critical to end hunger and reduce poverty in the tropics.
Erika Paola Barinas Rodrmguez, Nelson Morante, Sandra Salazar, Peter T. Hyde, Tim L. Setter, Peter Kulakow, Johan Steven Aparicio, Xiaofei Zhang   +7 more
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Phenolic Compounds and Oxidative Enzymes Involved in Female Fertility in Banana Plants of the Cavendish Subgroup

Plants, 2021
The present study investigated phenolic compounds and enzymes involved in female fertility in banana plants of the Cavendish subgroup. The wild diploid Calcutta 4 and commercial cultivar Grand Naine (Cavendish subgroup) were used.
Manassés dos Santos Silva, Naiala da Hora Góes, Janay Almeida dos Santos-Serejo, Claudia Fortes Ferreira, Edson Perito Amorim   +4 more
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Morphoanatomy and Histochemistry of Septal Nectaries Related to Female Fertility in Banana Plants of the ‘Cavendish’ Subgroup

Plants, 2022
The objective of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the morphoanatomical and histochemical structures that compose the nectary of pistillate flowers (female), which are involved in the female fertility of banana plants belonging to the ...
Manassés dos Santos Silva, Adriele Nascimento Santana, Janay Almeida dos Santos-Serejo, Claudia Fortes Ferreira, Edson Perito Amorim   +4 more
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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., Kanana, T., Laura, M.B., Lema, K.M., Lunfuankenda, M., Mahungu, N., Matondo, M., Mavila, N., Monde, G., Nlandu, N., Pita, J.,, Tevo, N.   +11 more
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Ceratobasidium sp. is associated with cassava witches’ broom disease, a re-emerging threat to cassava cultivation in Southeast Asia

Scientific Reports, 2023
Cassava witches' broom disease (CWBD) is a devastating disease of cassava in Southeast Asia (SEA), of unknown etiology. Affected plants show reduced internodal length, proliferation of leaves and weakening of stems.
Ana M. Leiva, Juan M. Pardo, Warren Arinaitwe, Jonathan Newby, Pinkham Vongphachanh, Khonesavanh Chittarath, Samoul Oeurn, Le Thi Hang, Alejandra Gil-Ordóñez, Rafael Rodriguez, Wilmer J. Cuellar   +10 more
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Cassava Frogskin Disease: Current Knowledge on a Re-Emerging Disease in the Americas

Plants, 2022
Cassava frogskin disease (CFSD) is a graft-transmissible disease of cassava reported for the first time in the 1970s, in Colombia. The disease is characterized by the formation of longitudinal lip-like fissures on the peel of the cassava storage roots ...
Juan Manuel Pardo, Elizabeth Alvarez, Luis Augusto Becerra Lopez-Lavalle, Cristian Olaya, Ana Maria Leiva, Wilmer Jose Cuellar   +5 more
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Technological Innovations for Improving Cassava Production in Sub-Saharan Africa

Frontiers in Genetics, 2021
Cassava is crucial for food security of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. The crop has great potential to contribute to African development and is increasing its income-earning potential for small-scale farmers and related value chains on the ...
E. G. N. Mbanjo, I. Rabbi, M. Ferguson, S. Kayondo, Ng Hwa Eng, L. Tripathi, P. Kulakow, C. Egesi   +7 more
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