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J Integr Plant Biol. ›› 2011, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (7): 552-569.DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2011.01048.x

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Cassava Genetic Transformation and its Application in Breeding

Jia Liu1, Qijie Zheng1,2, Qiuxiang Ma2, Kranthi Kumar Gadidasu1,3 and Peng Zhang1,2,4*   

  1. 1National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
    2Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
    3Plant Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Biotechnology, Kakatiya University, Warangal-506009, India
    4Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China
  • Received:2011-03-25 Accepted:2011-04-27 Published:2011-07-01
  • About author:*Corresponding author. Tel.: +86-21-54924096; Fax: +86-21-54924318; Email: zhangpeng@sibs.ac.cn

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Abstract:

As a major source of food, cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important root crop in the tropics and subtropics of Africa and Latin America, and serves as raw material for the production of starches and bioethanol in tropical Asia. Cassava improvement through genetic engineering not only overcomes the high heterozygosity and serious trait separation that occurs in its traditional breeding, but also quickly achieves improved target traits. Since the first report on genetic transformation in cassava in 1996, the technology has gradually matured over almost 15 years of development and has overcome cassava genotype constraints, changing from mode cultivars to farmer-preferred ones. Significant progress has been made in terms of an increased resistance to pests and diseases, biofortification, and improved starch quality, building on the fundamental knowledge and technologies related to planting, nutrition, and the processing of this important food crop that has often been neglected. Therefore, cassava has great potential in food security and bioenergy development worldwide.

Liu J, Zheng Q, Ma Q, Gadidasu KK, Zhang P (2011) Cassava genetic transformation and its application in breeding. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 53(7), 552–569.

Key words: Application, genetic transformation, Manihot esculenta Crantz, molecular breeding

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