Cassava is an important energy source in the diets of millions of people in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is a key subsistence crop, and its industrial uses are steadily growing. In spite of its economic and social relevance, relatively little investment has been made for rese...
Ceballos, Hernán
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Kulakow, Peter
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Hershey, Clair
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[Cassava breeding: current status, bottlenecks and the potential of biotechnology tools]
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Cassava breeding: current status, bottlenecks and the potential of biotechnology tools
The advent of relatively low-cost, massively parallel, high-throughput genome sequencing and the resultant availability of high density markers are revolutionizing the ways in which molecular markers can be applied to plant breeding. With the availability of the draft cassava genome sequence, the...
Ferguson, Morag E.
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Rabbi, Ismail Y.
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Kim, D.J.
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Gedil, M.
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Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto
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Okogbenin, Emmanuel
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[Molecular markers and their application to cassava breeding: past, present and future]
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Molecular markers and their application to cassava breeding: past, present and future
A three-way collaboration in cassava varietal improvement and dissemination was established in 1982, in which a development-oriented private corporation (Umas Jaya Farm in Lampung, Sumatra of Great Giant Pineapple Coy of Gunung Sewu Group) provided ample facilities for varietal selection, multipl...
Puspitorini, Palupi
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Kartawijaya, Usman
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Kawano, Kazuo
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[Cassava varietal improvement program at Umas Jaya Farm and its contribution to small farmer communities in Sumatra, Indonesia]
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Cassava varietal improvement program at Umas Jaya Farm and its contribution to small farmer communities in Sumatra, Indonesia
From 1987 through 1992 a team of on-farm researchers worked at Claveria in northern Mindanao to improve the productivity and sustainability of the local upland rice and maize-based agroecosystems. Adaptive research goals were to improve crop productivity, control soil erosion, and improve nutrien...
Fujisaka, Sam
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[Farmer participatory adaptation and adoption of contour hedgerows for soil conservation]
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Farmer participatory adaptation and adoption of contour hedgerows for soil conservation
Since 1994 a farmer participatory research (FPR) methodology has been used with the objective of enhancing the development and adoption of efficient cassava production practices that will reduce erosion, maintain soil productivity and increase the income of cassava farmers in Asia. This 5-year FP...
Howeler, Reinhardt H.
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Henry, Guy
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[Farmer participatory research for cassava technology transfer in Asia: Constraints and opportunities]
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Farmer participatory research for cassava technology transfer in Asia: Constraints and opportunities
The success or failure of any large-scale crop breeding program should be measured by achievement of the following step-by-step goals:
1) Establishment of a breeding program
2) Building of effective research capability
3) A large number of genotypes produced and evaluated
4) Selection of superior...
Kawano, Kazuo
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[Socio-economic contribution of cassava varietal improvement to the small farmer communities in Asia]
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Socio-economic contribution of cassava varietal improvement to the small farmer communities in Asia
Cassava agronomy research in Thailand during 1994-1996 emphasized mainly erosion control, soil fertility maintenance and weed control.
Regarding soil erosion control, the planting of cassava in April, at the start of the rainy season, and harvesting in March resulted in the highest soil loss comp...
Tongglum, Anuchit
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Pornpromprathan, V.
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Paisarncharoen, K.
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Wongviwatchai, C.
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Sittibusaya, C.
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Jantawat, Somjate
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Nual-on, T
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Howeler, Reinhardt H.
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[Recent progress in cassava agronomy research in Thailand]
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Recent progress in cassava agronomy research in Thailand
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important tropical root crop that provides food security and income generation for many farmers. Cassava ranks as the third most important source of calories in the tropics and provides sustenance to 800 million people worldwide. Cassava is also an efficie...
Utsumi, Y
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Sakurai, T
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Umemura, Yoshimi
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Ayling, Sarah
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Ishitani, Manabu
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Narangajavana, J
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Sojikul, P
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Triwitayakorn, Kanokporn
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Matsui, M
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Manabe, R
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Shinozaki, K
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Seki, M
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[RIKEN Cassava Initiative: establishment of a cassava functional genomics platform]
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RIKEN Cassava Initiative: establishment of a cassava functional genomics platform
Before 1985, Gon, H34 and Xanh Vinh Phu were the most popular cassava varieties in Vietnam. From 1986 to 1993, HL20, HL23 and HL24 were selected from the local variety collection by Hung Loc Agricultural Research Center (HARC) and were grown extensively in South Vietnam with annual areas of about...
Hoang, Kim
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Tran, Ngoc Quyen
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Pham, Van Bien
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Kawano, Kazuo
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[Cassava varietal dissemination in Vietnam]
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Cassava varietal dissemination in Vietnam