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Overview of Cassava Special Issue

Overview of Cassava Special Issue Tropical Plant Biol. (2012) 5:1–3 DOI 10.1007/s12042-012-9098-5 N. J. Taylor & C. M. Fauquet & J. Tohme Published online: 8 March 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 At the Second Strategic Meeting of Global Cassava and holds significant potential to develop in a similar manner Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21), a decision in sub-Saharan Africa, where it could be an important com- was made to publish a series of papers highlighting ponent of economic development. major emerging challenges to cassava production, recent Cassava research and development has lagged behind advances in cassava genetic improvement and the new the world’s other major staples due to its perception as tools and platforms being created for the crop. The present a “poor man’scrop” and the fact that it is not cultivated issue of Tropical Plant Biology brings together ten such within industrialized, northern agricultural systems. The papers based on information presented at Bellagio in Novem- crop now faces two major challenges in terms of re- ber 2010, in addition to a description of the goals and priorities search and development investment; 1) to substantially of GCP21. increase understanding of the basic biological processes Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) originated in of this http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Tropical Plant Biology Springer Journals

Overview of Cassava Special Issue

Taylor, N.; Fauquet, C.; Tohme, J.
Tropical Plant Biology , Volume 5 (1) – Mar 8, 2012
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2012 by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
Subject
Life Sciences; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Transgenics; Plant Ecology; Plant Genetics & Genomics; Plant Sciences
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1935-9756
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1935-9764
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10.1007/s12042-012-9098-5
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Tropical Plant Biol. (2012) 5:1–3 DOI 10.1007/s12042-012-9098-5 N. J. Taylor & C. M. Fauquet & J. Tohme Published online: 8 March 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 At the Second Strategic Meeting of Global Cassava and holds significant potential to develop in a similar manner Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21), a decision in sub-Saharan Africa, where it could be an important com- was made to publish a series of papers highlighting ponent of economic development. major emerging challenges to cassava production, recent Cassava research and development has lagged behind advances in cassava genetic improvement and the new the world’s other major staples due to its perception as tools and platforms being created for the crop. The present a “poor man’scrop” and the fact that it is not cultivated issue of Tropical Plant Biology brings together ten such within industrialized, northern agricultural systems. The papers based on information presented at Bellagio in Novem- crop now faces two major challenges in terms of re- ber 2010, in addition to a description of the goals and priorities search and development investment; 1) to substantially of GCP21. increase understanding of the basic biological processes Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) originated in of this

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