Cassava brief: The problem and the genomics approach
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
What keeps Mtakai Ngara and Teddy Amuge up at night? Thinking about cassava. These young, ambitious, researchers working at the International Institute for Tropical Africa (IITA) just outside Nairobi, Kenya are learning more about genomics to help breed more effective cassava to feed hungry mouths in their native Africa and further afield. To feed their passion for genomics, they made a trip to the DOE JGI and UC Berkeley last November for a two-week study visit.