Support smallholders to step up Nigeria’s cassava yields

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Danish children find new bacteria One of the worlds' largest citizenscience experiments has led to the rapid discovery of ten new bacterial species in Denmark. About 25,000 schoolchildren aged 10-16 years found these Lactobacillus species after analysing some 11,000 plant samples from urban and rural ecosystems (see go.nature. com/2sq5muw). By comparison, Danish researchers find an average of just one new bacterial species per year. Lactobacillus is a beneficial group of bacteria that has been used for food preservation for thousands of years (M. Bernardeau et al. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 30, 487-513; 2006). The study was spearheaded by the biotechnology company Novozymes near Copenhagen, and its updated biobank is now open to researchers around the world, offering fresh opportunities for industrial and drug development. Children are a large but untapped source of citizen scientists (see also Nature 562, 480-482; 2018). Moreover, they will form the next generation of scientists.

CPK1‐HSP90 phosphorylation and effector XopC2–HSP90 interaction underpin the antagonism during cassava defense‐pathogen infection

“…Recombinant MeHSP90.9-Myc protein was immunoprecipitated using anti-Myc antibody, and the co-immunoprecipitated XopC2-Flag protein was assayed using anti-Flag antibody, respectively. Ó 2024 The Authors New Phytologist Ó 2024 New Phytologist Foundation identified disease resistance genes and disease-resistant cassava germplasms are very limited (Maxmen, 2019;Nitturkar, 2019). Here, we clarify the function of MeHSP90.9 protein phosphorylation in promoting cassava immune responses and reveal the dual roles of MeHSP90.9 in cassava-bacterial pathogen interaction.…”

“…In recent decades, CBB has become one of the most serious global cassava diseases (Bart & Taylor, 2017;Mccallum et al, 2017;Maxmen, 2019;Nitturkar, 2019). However, the current Fig.…”

“…In recent decades, CBB has become one of the most serious global cassava diseases (Bart & Taylor, 2017; Mccallum et al ., 2017; Maxmen, 2019; Nitturkar, 2019). However, the current identified disease resistance genes and disease‐resistant cassava germplasms are very limited (Maxmen, 2019; Nitturkar, 2019). Here, we clarify the function of MeHSP90.9 protein phosphorylation in promoting cassava immune responses and reveal the dual roles of MeHSP90.9 in cassava–bacterial pathogen interaction.…”

“…In recent decades, CBB has become one of the most serious global cassava diseases (Bart & Taylor, 2017; Mccallum et al ., 2017; Maxmen, 2019; Nitturkar, 2019). However, the current identified disease resistance genes and disease‐resistant cassava germplasms are very limited (Maxmen, 2019; Nitturkar, 2019).…”