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Cassava ready for field trials
Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:52 pm
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Ugandan lab experiments for GM cassava have been completed and the National Crops Resource Research Institute (NCRRI) has sought permission from the National biosafety committee to transfer the cassava from the greenhouse to the field. Researchers have used the technology to impart genes of resistance to cassava mosaic, which is caused by a double stranded virus and cassava brown stem that is caused by the single stranded virus.

"We are through with the laboratory work. If our application gets a favorable consideration by committee, we shall have the first genetically modified cassava in the field", said Dr. Yona Baguma Baguma during a workshop on biosafety and biotechnology held at Imperial Royale Hotel as reported by The New Vision (Kampala). "We have all the tools that can be used to genetically improve the type of cassava we have today in the country," Dr. Yona Baguma, a researcher said.

"We developed 12 cassava resistant and high yielding varieties. Unfortunately the ten have been attacked by cassava mosaic and brown stem diseases. The two remaining varieties have stood the test and we want to put them into the field to test their performance," Baguma said. He said to come up with best cassava varieties Ugandans have to use of biotechnology best approaches. According to him, if the field trial succceds, the products that would be generated will be disseminated to the local farmers.

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