IITA’s Morag Ferguson and her team are eliminating viruses from cassava germplasm so that it can safely be transported from Kenya to IITA’s main genebank in Nigeria. Morag’s team is working with KEPHIS, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service, to develop protocols that will lead to ensuring cassava germplasm is free of diseases and can be stored in genebanks so that we can safeguard cassava diversity forever. In photo, Theresa Nyokabi of KEPHIS holds a rack of tubes in the growth room. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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