Part 1 Cassava genetic resources and breeding tools
1.Advances in understanding cassava growth and development:
Virgílio Gavicho Uarrota, Deivid L. V. Stefen, Clovis Arruda de
Souza (UTM) and Cileide Maria Medeiros Coelho, University of the
State of Santa Catarina (UDESC), Brazil; Rodolfo Moresco and
Marcelo Maraschin, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC),
Brazil; Fernando David Sánchez-Mora, Technical University of
Manabí, Ecuador; and Eduardo da Costa Nunes, Enilto de Oliveira
Neubert and Luiz Augusto Martins Peruch, Santa Catarina State
Agricultural Research and Rural Extension Agency (EPAGRI),
Brazil;
2.Conservation and distribution of cassava genetic resources:
Michael Abberton, Badara Gueye, Tchamba Marimagne and Folarin
Soyode, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),
Nigeria;
3.Developing new cassava varieties: tools, techniques and
strategies: Hernán Ceballos, Nelson Morante, Fernando Calle, Jorge
Lenis and Sandra Salazar, International Center for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia;
4.Molecular approaches in cassava breeding: Luis Augusto Becerra
Lopez-Lavalle, International Center for Tropical Agriculture
(CIAT), Colombia;
5.Marker-assisted selection in cassava breeding: Ismail Y. Rabbi,
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),
Nigeria;
6.Advances in genetic modification of cassava: P. Zhang, Q. Ma, M.
Naconsie, X. Wu, W. Zhou, National Key Laboratory of Plant
Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant
Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and J. Yang, Shanghai
Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical
Garden, China;
Part 2 Breeding improved cassava varieties
7.Breeding cassava for higher yield: Piya Kittipadakul, Pasajee
Kongsil and Chalermpol Phumichai, Kasetsart University, Thailand;
and Shelley H. Jansky, USDA-ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit and
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA;
8.Breeding, delivery, use and benefi ts of bio-fortifi ed cassava:
Elizabeth Parkes and Olufemi Aina, International Institute of
Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria;
9.Breeding cassava to meet consumer preferences for product
quality: Adebayo Abass, International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture (IITA), Tanzania; Wasiu Awoyale, International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Liberia and Kwara State
University, Nigeria; and Lateef Sanni and Taofi k Shittu, Federal
University of Agriculture, Nigeria;
Part 3 Managing pests and diseases
10.Diseases affecting cassava: James Legg, International Institute
of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Tanzania; and Elizabeth Alvarez,
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia;
11.Integrated management of arthropod pests of cassava: the case of
Southeast Asia: Ignazio Graziosi and Kris A.G. Wyckhuys,
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Vietnam;
12.Weed control in cassava cropping systems: S. Hauser and F.
Ekeleme, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),
Nigeria;
"This book will provide a thorough state of the art on cassava research. The book benefits from bringing together professionals with a broad interdisciplinary expertise in cassava and a value-chain perspective in their writing. This book will be a welcome source of knowledge to facilitate the sustainable intensification of cassava farming globally." Rodomiro Ortiz, Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, former Deputy Director General/Director of Research for Development, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, Nigeria), and Director at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT, India) and International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT, Mexico)
Dr Clair Hershey is former Cassava Program Leader at the world-famous International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Colombia. With a background in plant breeding, Dr Hershey has previously worked for the FAO and the Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB) and was Editor of Plant Breeding News.
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