African farmers could soon grow virus-resistant cassava

SciDevNet: Researchers in Zurich, Switzerland, have successfully developed a strain of virus-resistant cassava, and now hope to train scientists in Africa to develop the technology in laboratories on the continent. The study, which demonstrated that researchers can now generate transgenic farmer- and industry-preferred cassava, was published in PLOS One last month (25 September). Herve Vanderschuren, the study's lead author, and head of the cassava research team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology......

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