New database catalogs thousands of genetic variants in cassava—one of the world's primary food sources
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 07:00
in Biology & Nature
Cassava is a woody shrub that is native to South America and is extensively cultivated in tropical regions worldwide, with an annual crop production of over 200 million tons. A team of researchers led by Tetsuya Sakurai from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science has now completed the largest study to date of cassava DNA sequence variations.