Cassava genetic resources and their utilization for breeding of the crop
Genet. mol. res. (Online)
; 6(4): 1151-1168, 2007. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-520033
Biblioteca responsável:
BR26.1
ABSTRACT
Wild cassava relatives are perennials and vary in growth pattern from nearly acaulescent subshrubs to small trees. They have been used as a source of useful characters such as high protein content, apomixis, resistance to mealybug and mosaic disease, and tolerance to drought. Indigenous clones are a potential source of beta-carotene and lycopene. Apomixis genes have been transferred to the crop successfully through interspecific hybridization, and apomictic clones arising from these hybrids are now being grown at the Universidade de Brasília. Interspecific hybrids produced earlier were polyploidized and had their fertility restored. Different useful types of chimera were also produced.
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Manihot
/
Genes de Plantas
/
Aminoácidos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
/
Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Genet. mol. res. (Online)
Assunto da revista:
Biologia Molecular
/
Genética
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade de Brasília/BR