CLC bio, Danforth Center partner for cassava improvement

In Missouri and Denmark, CLC bio and the International Laboratory for Tropical Agricultural Biotechnology at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, announced a collaboration to benefit the Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa project.

The partnership includes researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St Louis, MO, the National Crops Resources Research Institute in Uganda and the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute.  VIRCA is applying RNAi technology to enhance resistance to virus disease in cassava cultivars preferred by farmers. VIRCA’s goal is to develop, test and deliver virus resistant cassava to smallholder farmers with no royalty fees.

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