Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a” miracle of the tropics,” is a critical
component of the approaches to alleviate poverty, hunger, and malnutrition and increase …

Chemical ecology provides unique perspectives for managing plant/human interactions to
achieve food security. Allelochemicals function as chemical defences of crop plants …

Cassava is the sixth most important crop, in terms of global annual production. Cassava is
grown primarily for its starchy tuberous roots, which are an important staple for more than …

Despite the intensive management practices available to modern agriculture, drought and
salinity are still major constraints on crop production and food security. Yield losses to …

One of the main goals of agri-cultural research is to provide an adequate and secure food
source for the ever-expanding population. Through the Green Revolution of the mid-1960s …

This review highlights an integrative multidisciplinary eco-physiological, breeding and
agronomical research on the tropical starchy root crop cassava conducted at CIAT …

Globally, cassava is the second most important root crop after potatoes and the fifth most
important crop overall in terms of human caloric intake. In addition to its growing global …

Cassava has the potential to alleviate food insecurity in many tropical regions, yet few
breeding efforts to increase yield have been made. Improved photosynthetic efficiency in …

Earth's climate has experienced notable changes during the past 50–70 years when global
surface temperature has risen by 0.8° C during the 20th century. This was a consequence of …

Approximately 925 million people are undernourished and almost 90% of these people live
in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Asia and the Pacific. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular …