Post-harvest
deterioration of cassavaA biotechnology perspective
Post-harvest
deterioration of cassava
A biotechnology perspective
Contents (116 p.)
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
J. E. Wenham
Natural Resources Institute
Chatham, UK
FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 130
• Natural Resources
Institute
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Contents (116 p.)
Chapter 1 Microbial deterioration of cassava: organisms involved
Chapter 2 Physiological deterioration in cassava: biochemistry of the processes involved
Chapter 3 Genetic resources of cassava: potential of breeding for improving storage potential
Assembling and characterizing existing genetic diversity
Genetics and cytogenetics
Creation of new genetic diversity
Objectives in cassava breeding
Potential for breeding for resistance to physiological deterioration
Chapter 4 Genetic manipulation techniques: potential of controlling post-harvest deterioration
Genetic transformation
Selection of transformed cassava tissue
Regeneration of transgenic plants
Potential of breeding for resistance to deterioration
Physical post-harvest loss
Qualitative post-harvest loss
Implications for production
Implications for marketing
Implications for processing
Implications for consumption
Conclusions and future prospects
Annex 1 Meeting on post-harvest biodeteri oration of cassava