Speed breeding orphan crops

T Chiurugwi, S Kemp, W Powell, LT Hickey - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Key message This review explores how speed breeding protocols that hasten plant growth
and development could be applied to shorten breeding cycles and accelerate research …

Fifty years of a public cassava breeding program: evolution of breeding objectives, methods, and decision-making processes

H Ceballos, C Hershey, C Iglesias, X Zhang - Theoretical and Applied …, 2021 - Springer
This paper reviews and analyzes key features from cassava breeding at the International
Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) over 50 years and draws lessons for public breeding …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association analysis reveals new insights into the genetic architecture of defensive, agro-morphological and quality-related traits in cassava

IY Rabbi, SI Kayondo, G Bauchet, M Yusuf… - Plant Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
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 …

The anti-ethylene growth regulator silver thiosulfate (STS) increases flower production and longevity in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

PT Hyde, X Guan, V Abreu, TL Setter - Plant growth regulation, 2020 - Springer
Cassava, which produces edible starchy roots, is an important staple food for hundreds of
millions of people in the tropics. Breeding of cassava is hampered by its poor flower …

Understanding the Concept of Speed Breeding in Crop Improvement: Opportunities and Challenges Towards Global Food Security

Z Imam, R Sultana, R Parveen, Swapnil, D Singh… - Tropical Plant …, 2024 - Springer
Considering fast-changing environment, emerging pathogens, and the imminent need to
feed a global population that is predicted to increase to 9–10 billion people by the year …

Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Cassava

UN Ikeogu, IC Okwuonu, NR Okereke… - Genomic Designing for …, 2022 - Springer
Cassava is essential food security, mostly in Africa, South America, and other major regions
of the world where cassava is cultivated. It is very high in caloric value and resilient to …

Leveraging transcriptomics data for genomic prediction models in cassava

R Lozano, DP Del Carpio, T Amuge, IS Kayondo… - bioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
Background Genomic prediction models were, in principle, developed to include all the
available marker information; with this approach, these models have shown in various crops …