The properties and permeability of aroma compounds in food through the cassava starch films was investigated. Films were prepared by 5% starch and properties of the films were monitored at different concentration of two plasticizers; glycerol and sorbitol. Sorbitol-cassava starch films showed a better transmission rate (water vapor or/and oxygen), and had a higher mechanical properties; tensile...

Cassava is one of the most important root crops as a reliable source of food and carbohydrates. Carbohydrate metabolism and starch accumulation in cassava storage root is a cascade process that includes large amounts of proteins and cofactors. Here, comparative proteomics were conducted in cassava root at nine developmental stages. A total of 154 identified proteins were found to be differentia...

13 Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a key carbohydrate dietary source for millions of people in 14 Africa, faces severe yield loses due to two viral diseases: cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) 15 and cassava mosaic disease (CMD). The completion of the cassava genome sequence and the 16 whole genome marker profiling of clones from African breeding programs 17 (www.nextgencassava.org) provid...

The use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) inoculation in sustainable agriculture is now widespread worldwide. Although the use of inoculants consisting of native AMF is highly recommended as an alternative to commercial ones, there is no strategy to allow the selection of efficient fungal species from natural communities. The objective of this study was (i) to select efficient native AMF s...

The cassava mealybug is a clear and present threat to the food security and livelihoods of some of the world's most impoverished citizens. Niche models, such as CLIMEX, are useful tools to indicate where and when such threats may extend, and can assist with planning for biosecurity and the management of pest invasions. They can also contribute to bioeconomic analyses that underpin the allocatio...

this study analyzed the effectiveness of cassava women processors in value addition technologies in abia state, nigeria. purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select ninety (90) women. data for the study were collected through a structured questionnaire and analyzed with descriptive statistics such as: frequency, mean scores and percentages and inferential statistics (tob...

Cassava polyploid breeding has drastically improved our knowledge on increasing root yield and its significant tolerance to stresses. In polyploid cassava plants, increases in DNA content highly affect cell volumes and anatomical structures. However, the mechanism of this effect is poorly understood. The purpose of the present study was to compare and validate the changes between cassava cultiv...

Neosilba perezi (romero & ruppel) is known as the cassava shoot fly or shoot fly, because, unlike other species of its genus, its larvae feed exclusively on shoots of cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz). these larvae kill the affected cassava shoots. natural parasitism by a braconid, phaenocarpa neosilba arouca & Penteado-Dias, 2006, on shoot fly larvae was studied at 3 locations in the southwes...

Every innovation is targeted towards adoption; a process which involves several levels of risks. Bio-fortified Vitamin A cassava variety is an innovation targeted not only to solve the yield of farmers but to increase the nutritional intake of Nigerian household. The research specifically seeks to investigate; the risks involved in the adoption of vitamin A cassava variety; the risk attitude of...

Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) is arguably the most dangerous current threat to cassava, which is Africa's most important food security crop. CBSD is caused by two RNA viruses: Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV). The roles of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) and farmer practices in the spread of CBSD were investigated in a set of field a...