The three staple crops dominating modern diets – corn, rice and wheat – are familiar to Americans. However, fourth place is ...

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Cassava Sciences' failed trials, limited cash for strategic pivots, and lack of clear direction create significant downside ...

Something is killing Ramadhani Juma’s cassava crop. “Maybe it’s too much water,” he says, fingering clusters of withered yellow leaves on a six-foot-high plant. “Or too much sun.” ...

The leaves of a healthy cassava plant (left) are compared against those of a plant infected with cassava mosaic disease (right). Though cassava is easy to cultivate, it is particularly vulnerable ...