ABSTRACT
Originating in South America, cassava is grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop in developing countries. As demand for food grows, there is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and diseases and the need to make cultivation more resource-efficient and sustainable. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of cassava at each step in the value chain, from breeding to post-harvest storage. Volume 1 starts by reviewing genetic resources, advances in breeding and their application to produce varieties with desirable traits such as higher yield. It then goes on to review developments in understanding and managing pests and diseases. Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2: Genetic resources, breeding, pests and diseases will be a standard reference for agricultural scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in improving cassava cultivation. It is accompanied by Volume 1 which reviews cultivation techniques.
Part 1: Cassava genetic resources and breeding tools 1. Advances in understanding cassava growth and development Virgílio Gavicho Uarrota et al., 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 et al.,
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria 3. Developing new cassava varieties: tools, techniques and strategies Hernán Ceballos et al., 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 et al., 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 benefits 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
