The world population is expected to increase from 7.3 to 9.7 billion by 2050. Pest outbreak
and increased abiotic stresses due to climate change pose a high risk to tropical crop …

Orphan crops are indigenous and invariably grown by small and marginal farmers under
subsistence farming systems. These crops, which are common and widely accepted by local …

Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta. Crantz) is a starch‐rich, woody tuberous, root crop
important for food, with little being done to investigate its potential as a bioenergy crop …

More than half of the calories consumed by humans are provided by three major cereal
crops (rice, maize, and wheat). Orphan crops are usually well adapted to low-input …

Cassava is crucial for food security of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. The crop has
great potential to contribute to African development and is increasing its income-earning …

ABSTRACT Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a major tropical crop. Regarded as an
orphan crop a few decades ago, it now receives considerable attention from governments …

The recent debates on the legal status of “digital sequence information”(DSI) at the
international level could have extensive consequences for the future of agriculture and food …

Melatonin is an important molecule in both animals and plants, regulating circadian rhythms
and stress responses. Therefore, the improvement of melatonin accumulation not only …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is one of the most important starchy root crops in the tropics
due to its adaptation to marginal environments. Genetic progress in this clonally propagated …

Genomic selection (GS) has been proved to be a useful method for selective breeding.
However, the cost for genotyping a large amount of SNPs is too expensive, especially for …