The VIRCA (Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa) project goal is to improve cassava for resistance to the viral diseases cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava mosaic disease (CMD) using pathogen-derived RNAi technology.
Published by: GM Crops & Food, Year: 2012, Pages: 12, File type: External link (4.06 MB)
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Biocontrol of legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata)
This animation provides information about the biological control of pest populations. The animation is about controlling the legume pod borer through the release of parasitic wasps which kill the pod borer eggs and thus reduce the larval population of the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata.
Published by: University of IllinoisUSA, Year: 2012, File type: External link
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This map displays the different livelihood zones in Kenya from March 2011.
Published by: Famine Early Warning Systems Network, Year: 2011, Pages: 1, File type: External link (1,320 KB)
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This map displays the different livelihood zones in Burkina Faso as at April 2014. This map was produced by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS) in collaboration with its partners.
Published by: Famine Early Warning Systems Network, Year: 2014, Pages: 1, File type: External link (1,330 KB)
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This poster reports on progress towards controlling cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak disease using genetic engineering.
Published by: Cassava Diagnostics Project, Year: 2010, Pages: 1, File type: PDF (584 KB)
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This academic poster outlines the work conducted by the Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (MARI) to enhance the capacity of national cassava research programmes to conduct disease diagnostics.
Published by: Cassava Diagnostics Project, Year: 2010, Pages: 1, File type: PDF (1,503 KB)
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This poster outlines the successes of the project “Enhancing capacity of national cassava research programmes to diagnose, characterise, monitor and sustainably manage viruses affecting cassava productivity”.
Published by: Cassava Diagnostics Project, Year: 2010, Pages: 1, File type: PDF (1,045 KB)
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This document presents tips for scientists on how to report on genomics in the real world.
Published by: SciDev.Net, Year: 2010, Pages: 5, File type: PDF (628 KB)
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This map displays the different livelihood zones in Tanzania as at 2009.
Published by: Famine Early Warning Systems Network, Year: 2009, Pages: 1, File type: External link (813 KB)
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Efficiency of Cassava brown streak virus transmission by two whitefly species in coastal Kenya
The efficiency of cassava brown streak disease transmission by Bemisia tabaci and spiralling whitefly Aleurodicus dispersus Russell is determined in this paper.
Published by: Journal of General and Molecular Virology, Year: 2009, Pages: 6, File type: External link (187 KB)
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