IITA Develops New Drought-Tolerant Cassava
November 7, 2008| |
A new cassava variety, TMS92/0067, developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Nigeria has been found to be well adapted to the dry or drought-prone areas in the semi-arid zones of sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, farmers are expected to enjoy 6-10 times better yields.
IITA says the new variety was widely tested in farmers' fields in Burkina Faso and the Chad in West Africa, and in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Central Africa. The variety demonstrated high resistance to several diseases such as the Cassava Bacterial Blight (CBB) and Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD). The variety also has excellent hosting qualities to Typhlodromalus aripo, an effective biological control agent of the cassava green mite.
Read IITA's press release at http://www.iita.org/cms/details/news_feature_details.aspx?articleid=1897&zoneid=342
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