Cassava: Constraints to production and the transfer of biotechnology to African laboratories

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 779-787

  Bull, Simon E ^a   Ndunguru, Joseph ^c   Gruissem, Wilhelm ^b   Beeching, John R ^a   Vanderschuren, Hervé ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (MARI)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Biotechnology; Cassava; Technology transfer; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; CROP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY; MANIHOT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TANZANIA; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED NATIONS;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES; MANIHOT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TANZANIA; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; UNITED NATIONS;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 79954599101     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0986-6     Document Type: Review

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