Background Plants are hotbeds for parasites such as arthropod herbivores, which acquire
nutrients and energy from their hosts in order to grow and reproduce. Hence plants are …

More than 250 million Africans rely on the starchy root crop cassava (Manihot esculenta) as
their staple source of calories. A typical cassava-based diet, however, provides less than …

Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion
people in developing countries. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy …

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 …

Cassava is a valuable source of food for developing countries, but it contains highly toxic
cyanogen compounds and antinutrients. Cyanogens are found in 3 forms in cassava …

Abstract Transgenic cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz, cv MCol22) plants with a 92%
reduction in cyanogenic glucoside content in tubers and acyanogenic (< 1% of wild type) …

One of the major constraints facing the large-scale production of cassava (Manihot
esculenta) roots is the rapid postharvest physiological deterioration (PPD) that occurs within …

Abstract Background Rubber trees (Hevea spp.) are perennial crops of Amazonian origin
that have been spread over the whole tropical belt to guarantee worldwide production of …

Cassava is the staple food of tropical Africa and its production, averaged over 24 countries,
has increased more than threefold from 1980 to 2005, and the population has more than …

To date, transgenic approaches to biofortify subsistence crops have been rather limited. This
is particularly true for the starchy root crop cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Cassava …