Reduced glutathione and raffinose lengthens postharvest storage of cassava root tubers by improving antioxidant capacity and antibiosis.

Cassava is an ideal food security crop in marginal and drought environment. However, the post-harvest storage of cassava is urgent problem to be resolved. In this study, the storage tolerant and non-tolerant cassava were screened by measuring the change of Peroxidase (POD), Superoxide dismutase (SOD), Catalase (CAT) and Malondialdehyde (MDA) in seven cultivars of cassava.

Effect of Pruning Young Branches on Fruit and Seed Set in Cassava.

Flowering in cassava is closely linked with branching. Early-flowering genotypes branch low and abundantly. Although farmers prefer late flowering genotypes because of their erect plant architecture, their usefulness as progenitors in breeding is limited by their low seed production.

[Primary study on rapid propagation of Curcuma xanthorrhiza].

Using the rhizome of Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb. as explant to induce the adventitious bud, multiplication and radication. The results showed that the inducing and differentiating of bud was better on MS + 6-BA 1.