International team first to stack virus resistance plus iron & zinc in a non-cereal crop

(Donald Danforth Plant Science Center) For the first time, an international team of scientists have developed cassava displaying high-level resistance to cassava mosaic disease (CMD), cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) as well as higher levels of iron and zinc. This is the first time that disease resistance and multiple biofortification traits have been stacked in this manner in a non-cereal crop.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 16, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news