“This project builds on our previous work on potato in collaboration with African scientists and highlights our ability to transfer knowledge from one crop to another”

Scientists from the James Hutton Institute are taking part in an international research effort aimed at pinpointing the quality traits that determine the adoption of new root, tuber and banana (RTB) varieties of cassava, yam, sweet potato, plantain and tropical potato developed by breeders in Africa.

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