Key message Status of the current outbreak of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) in Southeast
Asia was reviewed. Healthy cassava seed production and dissemination systems have been …

Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is a monocotyledonous herbaceous vine cultivated for its starchy
underground or aerial tubers in the tropics and subtropics. It is an allogamous and polyploid …

Cassava is a staple food crop in the tropics, and is of particular importance in Africa. Recent
development of genomic selection technology have improved the speed of cassava …

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 …

Tubers and tuberous root crops are essential carbohydrate sources and staple foods for
humans, second only to cereals. The developmental phase transition, including floral …

Phenotypic analysis of cassava root crowns (CRCs) so far has been limited to visual
inspection and very few measurements due to its laborious process in the field. Here, we …

Flowering in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is crucial for the generation of botanical
seed for breeding. However, genotypes preferred by most farmers are erect and poor at …

Selection along environmental gradients may play a vital role in driving adaptive evolution.
Nevertheless, genomic variation and genetic adaptation along environmental clines remains …

The rhizomes and tubers of Curcuma kwangsiensis have extensive medicinal value in
China. However, the inflorescences of C. kwangsiensis are rarely known in horticulture …

Cassava breeding faces obstacles due to late flowering and poor flower and seed set. The
acceleration of breeding processes and the reduction in each cycle's duration hinge upon …