Optimization of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) grafting technique to enhance its adoption in cassava cultivation.

ABSTRACT: Grafting techniques have been successfully adopted to improve resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, increase yields, fruit quality and study systemic signaling in plants. This technique has not been fully explored in cassava and there is currently no standardized grafting method for this species published especially in Africa. This is the first report on cassava grafting protocol in Africa with valuable advantages including utilizing a cost-effective and environmentally friendly wooden healing chamber. In this study, we describe an optimized cleft grafting protocol for cassava utilizing a wooden healing chamber and outline the step-by-step procedure with optimum conditions to generate a high grafting success rate. Using a top wedge grafting technique with high reproducibility and succ

SUBMITTER: Opoku-Agyemang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11386358 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature