4 new cassava varieties selected by the Chinese Academy of Thermal Sciences

China News Service, Hainan, Danzhou, January 10th (Tian Wanying and Wang Danhua) According to the Rubber Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (hereinafter referred to as the Rubber Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences) on the 10th, recently in Danzhou, Hainan, led by the Rubber Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences At the on-site exhibition of excellent cassava resources under the National Key R&D Program "Efficient Breeding Technology and Variety Creation of Tropical Crops", four excellent and characteristic new cassava varieties appeared and attracted attention
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According to Ye Jianqiu, a cassava expert from the Academy of Thermal Sciences, the project team has cultivated 4 new cassava varieties, namely: Guire No.

Cassava is one of the three major potato crops in the world.
At present, 1 billion people in the world eat cassava as the staple food.
It is an important food and economic crop in tropical regions and is widely used in important industrial fields such as food, modified starch, alcohol, feed, and energy.

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Ye Jianqiu said that strengthening the innovative utilization of excellent cassava germplasm resources and the breeding of new varieties is of great significance to the sustainable and high-quality development of the cassava industry, the adjustment of agricultural industrial structure, the increase of potato farmers' income and the revitalization of rural areas
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