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Simultaneous CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated editing of cassava eIF4E isoforms nCBP‐1 and nCBP‐2 reduces cassava brown streak disease symptom severity and …

MA Gomez, ZD Lin, T Moll, RD Chauhan… - Plant biotechnology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cassava brown streak disease ( CBSD ) is a major constraint on cassava yields in East and
Central Africa and threatens production in West Africa. CBSD is caused by two species of …

Allele exchange at the EPSPS locus confers glyphosate tolerance in cassava

AW Hummel, RD Chauhan, T Cermak… - Plant biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Effective weed control can protect yields of cassava (Manihot esculenta) storage roots.
Farmers could benefit from using herbicide with a tolerant cultivar. We applied traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Biofortification of field-grown cassava by engineering expression of an iron transporter and ferritin

N Narayanan, G Beyene, RD Chauhan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Less than 10% of the estimated average requirement (EAR) for iron and zinc is provided by
consumption of storage roots of the staple crop cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in West …

Gene expression atlas for the food security crop cassava

…, AM Mutka, AW Hummel, J Berry, RD Chauhan… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) feeds c. 800 million people world‐wide. Although this crop
displays high productivity under drought and poor soil conditions, it is susceptible to disease, …

CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated tetra‐allelic mutation of the 'Green Revolution' SEMIDWARF‐1 (SD‐1) gene confers lodging resistance in tef (Eragrostis tef)

G Beyene, RD Chauhan, J Villmer… - Plant biotechnology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tef is a staple food and a valuable cash crop for millions of people in Ethiopia. Lodging is a
major limitation to tef production, and for decades, the development of lodging resistant …

Loss of CMD2‐mediated resistance to cassava mosaic disease in plants regenerated through somatic embryogenesis

G Beyene, RD Chauhan, H Wagaba… - Molecular plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) are the two most
important viral diseases affecting cassava production in Africa. Three sources of resistance …

Overexpression of Arabidopsis VIT1 increases accumulation of iron in cassava roots and stems

N Narayanan, G Beyene, RD Chauhan, E Gaitán-Solis… - Plant Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Iron is extremely abundant in the soil, but its uptake in plants is limited due to low solubility
in neutral or alkaline soils. Plants can rely on rhizosphere acidification to increase iron …

Provitamin A biofortification of cassava enhances shelf life but reduces dry matter content of storage roots due to altered carbon partitioning into starch

G Beyene, FR Solomon, RD Chauhan… - Plant biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Storage roots of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a major subsistence crop of sub‐Saharan
Africa, are calorie rich but deficient in essential micronutrients, including provitamin A β‐…

Improvements in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) for large-scale production of transgenic plants

RD Chauhan, G Beyene, M Kalyaeva… - Plant Cell, Tissue and …, 2015 - Springer
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a major staple food crop of the humid tropics. As a
heterozygous, vegetatively propagated crop, robust transformation protocols must be …

[HTML][HTML] A virus-derived stacked RNAi construct confers robust resistance to cassava brown streak disease

G Beyene, RD Chauhan, M Ilyas, H Wagaba… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) threatens food and economic security for smallholder
farmers throughout East and Central Africa, and poses a threat to cassava production in …