A Swiss team has developed a strain of cassava resistant to cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak virus.
The gene-modification technology involved to accomplish is being shared with laboratories in several African countries. It is hoped that this 'localization' of the techniques will help to overcome some of the resistance that many African countries have shown to gene modification.
It is not yet clear when the GM cassava will be available for cultivation.
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