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However, in recent decades, harvests have been decimated by rapidly spreading diseases. But there is good news for cassava breeders and farmers. In a series of studies published in Scientific ...

Brown streak disease causes gangrenous lesions to spread throughout the entire tuberous root structure of the cassava plant, leaving it inedible. Typically, the leaves of infected plants turn yellow, ...