Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is caused by whiteflyborne viruses of the genus
Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae). The disease has long been regarded as the most …

Despite the advantages of root crops as important staple food crops in the tropics, research
and development of such crops has been neglected. There is, therefore, the need for …

Cassava is Africa's second most important food staple, after maize, in terms of calories
consumed. In the early 1960s, Africa accounted for 42 percent of world cassava production …

Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is one of the most serious and widespread diseases
throughout cassava growing areas in Africa, causing yield reductions of up to 90%. Early …

Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), caused by different species of cassava mosaic
geminiviruses (CMGs), is the most important disease of cassava in Africa and the Indian sub …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is an allogamous, vegetatively propagated, Neotropical crop
that is also widely grown in tropical Africa and Southeast Asia. To elucidate genetic diversity …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is the sixth most important food crop and consumed by
800 million people worldwide. In Africa, cassava is the second most important food crop after …

It is important to include Tuber and Root Crops in the Handbook of Plant Breeding. They
include starchy staple crops that are of increasing importance for global food security and …

The cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which occurs in all cassava growing regions of Africa
and the Indian subcontinent, is caused by cassava mosaic geminiviruses (CMGs). CMGs are …

The gene pools for breeding cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Africa currently contain
only a fraction of the existing genetic variation found in Latin America where the crop …