Details for Phenotypic approaches to drought in cassava: review

Okogbenin E, Setter TL, Ferguson M, Mutegi R, Ceballos H, Olasanmi B and Fregene M (2013). Phenotypic approaches to drought in cassava: review. Frontiers in Plant Physiology 4:93. (DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00093). (G7009.09/G7010.01.03).

Cassava is an important crop in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Cassava can be produced adequately in drought conditions making it the ideal food security crop in marginal environments. Although cassava can tolerate drought stress, it can be genetically improved to enhance productivity in such environments. Drought adaptation studies in over three decades in cassava have identified relevant mechanisms which have been explored in conventional breeding. Drought is a quantitative trait and its multigenic nature makes it very challenging to effectively manipulate and combine genes in breeding for rapid genetic gain and selection process.

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