Cassava: constraints to production and the transfer of biotechnology to African laboratories

• Published in: Plant cell reports Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 779 - 787
• Main Authors: Bull, Simon E., Ndunguru, Joseph, Gruissem, Wilhelm, Beeching, John R., Vanderschuren, Hervé
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.05.2011; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: abiotic stress; Academies and Institutes; Africa; Agricultural ecosystems; agricultural industry; Agricultural research; Agriculture; Agriculture & agronomie; Agriculture & agronomy; Agriculture - trends; agroecosystems; Autonomy; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology - trends; Breeding; Calories; case studies; cassava; Cell Biology; Crops; Crops, Agricultural; Crops, Agricultural - genetics; Crops, Agricultural - growth & development; Crops, Agricultural/genetics/growth & development; Cultivars; Developing Countries; Development; Economics; Europe; Food; food crops; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetic Engineering; Genetic Engineering - methods; genetics; Global economy; green infrastructure; growth & development; Humans; industry; infrastructure; Integration; International Cooperation; Laboratories; LDCs; Life Sciences; Manihot; Manihot - genetics; Manihot - growth & development; Manihot esculenta; Manihot/genetics/growth & development; market economy; methods; people; Plant Biochemistry; Plant breeding; Plant Sciences; Program Development; research institutions; Research Personnel; researchers; Review; Sciences du vivant; scientists; staple crops; staple foods; Stress; Tanzania; Technology Transfer; Transformation, Genetic; trends; United Nations; Africa; Europe; Tanzania; Biotechnology; Transformation; Technology transfer; Africa; Cassava; Vegetals; Manihot esculenta; Laboratory; African; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Production; Euphorbiaceae; Spermatophyta

Knowledge and technology transfer to African institutes is an important objective to help achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Plant biotechnology in particular enables innovative advances in agriculture and industry, offering new prospects to promote the integration and dissemin...