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Cassava is a major food crop particularly in the developing countries of subSaharan Africa. Despite the potentials of cassava in addressing the increasing food demand of the growing population in Africa as well as diverse uses to which it is subjecte ...
http://www.cassavabiz.org/production/pathology.htm
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- The Cassava Come Back
A unique partnership between scientists, farmers’ organisations and smallholder farmers in East Africa is helping to reestablish disease resistant cassava following years of devastation by the cassava mosaic virus. Scientists at Uganda’s Agricultural ...
http://www.farmafrica.org.uk/news.cfm?id=39
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- The Cassava Mosaic Disease
Photograph of affected foliage, and notes on the symptoms of this disease, the conditions that favor its development and preventative control measures. An infected leaf has white or paleyellow or palegreen spots. It is often twisted, distorted, and s ...
http://www.oisat.org/pests/diseases/viral/cassava_mosaic_disease.html
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- Blessing in Disguise for Nigeria
It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of cassava in Nigeria. The worlds largest producer of this root crop, Nigeria is dependent on cassava as a daily staple but also as a vital subsistence crop for smallholder farmers in the south and central ...
http://www.new-ag.info/05-5/focuson/focuson5.html
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- Solution to Cassava Root Rot
During the past decade, Cassava mosaic disease CMD has been the focus of extensive collaborative research to understand the nature of the disease and to develop resistant varieties of cassava. However, another disease, although currently confined to ...
http://www.new-ag.info/01-1/develop/dev01.html
| | - Root Rot Diseases of Cassava
Cassava is cultivated in almost all the districts of Ghana and it is the number one staple food crop for majority of Ghanaians. Cassava is also fast becoming an important crop for industries because of its high starch content. Diseases and pests caus ...
http://www.isppweb.org/foodsecurity_cassavaghana.asp
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