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dc.contributor.authorAyling, S.
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, M.
dc.contributor.authorRounsley, S.
dc.contributor.authorKulakow, P.A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:04:21Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:04:21Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationAyling, S., Ferguson, M., Rounsley, S. & Kulakow, P. (2012). Information resources for cassava research and breeding. Tropical Plant Biology, 5(1), 140-151.
dc.identifier.issn1935-9756
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1408
dc.description.abstractCassava is a globally important food security and industrial crop produced for food, feed, starch and biofuel. Cassava is drought-tolerant and can grow in poor soils. Roots can be stored in the ground for long periods as part of intact growing plants, allowing flexible harvest times for poor farmers in the tropics. In addition, due to cassava’s inherently high starch content, it is a popular source of carbon for industrial purposes and increasingly biofuel. It is, however, relatively low in nutrients and susceptible to several pests and diseases, including attacks from whitefly, mealybug, green mite, cassava mosaic viruses and cassava brown streak viruses. A number of groups worldwide are working to improve cassava by conventional breeding, by molecular marker-aided breeding, and through the use of transgenic approaches. To facilitate the work of these groups, easy access to up-to-date and integrated information resources are essential to enable knowledge sharing and data mining. Here we review the information resources currently available to breeders and researchers and discuss future directions for the cassava community’s data integration and curation.
dc.format.extent140-151
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectManihot Esculenta
dc.subjectDatabases
dc.subjectAgricultural
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectCassava
dc.subjectBreeding
dc.subjectGenomes
dc.titleInformation resources for cassava research and breeding
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationNorwich Research Park
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationDow AgroSciences
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionLatin America
cg.coverage.regionWest And Central Africa
cg.coverage.countryBrazil
cg.coverage.countryUnited States
cg.coverage.countryChina
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectCassava
cg.iitasubjectPlant Genetic Resources
cg.journalTropical Plant Biology
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid79549
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12042-012-9093-x


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