Cut, Root, and Grow: Simplifying Cassava Propagation to Scale.

ABSTRACT: Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an essential crop with increasing importance for food supply and as raw material for industrial processing. The crop is vegetatively propagated through stem cuttings taken at the end of the growing cycle and its low multiplication rate and the high cost of stem transportation are detrimental to the increasing demand for high-quality cassava planting materials. Rapid multiplication of vegetative propagules of crops comprises tissue culture (TC) and semi-autotroph hydroponics (SAH) that provide cost-effective propagation of plant materials; however, they contrast the need for specific infrastructure, special media and substrates, and trained personnel. Traditional methods such as TC and SAH have shown promise in efficient plant material propagatio

SUBMITTER: Sheat S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10893366 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature