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Cassava (manioc, yuca, or mandioca; Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae) is an important cash crop and food crop of resource-limited farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The storage roots are utilised either fresh, as in the case of sweet cultivars low in cyanogenic g...


Okogbenin, EmmanuelSetter TLFerguson MMutegi RAlves, A.C.Ceballos, H.Fregene, Martin A.[Phenotyping cassava for adaptation to drought]Phenotyping cassava for adaptation to drought

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a preventable tragedy that affects millions of people, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. A large proportion of these people rely on diets based on cassava as a source of calories. During the last two decades, significant efforts have been made to identify sources o...


Ceballos, H.Davrieux, FabriceTalsma, Elise F.Belalcázar, JohnChavarriaga Aguirre, PaulAndersson, Meike S.[Carotenoids in Cassava Roots]Carotenoids in Cassava Roots

The significance of cassava as a crop in tropical countries means that developing improved varieties is key to the sustainability of cassava production. This chapter examines how understanding the utilization of cassava can inform breeding objectives for developing improved varieties of cassava. ...


Ceballos, H.Morante, NelsonCalle, FernandoLenis, Jorge I.Salazar Erazo, Sandra Milena[Developing new cassava varieties: tools, techniques and strategies]Developing new cassava varieties: tools, techniques and strategies

Cassava is a key food security staple and a competitive feedstock for multiple industrial processes and end uses. Farmers grow hybrids which are reproduced vegetatively. Several programs have used the same breeding scheme for the last 40 years. Significant progress has been made, particularly wit...


Ceballos, H.Hershey, Clair H.[Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)]Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

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