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G. Gurumurthy

Coimbatore, Nov 5 Attur-based Rasi Seeds Private Ltd and the Tamilnadu Agricultural University (TNAU) have entered into an agreement to develop transgenic cassava resistant to mosaic virus.

The tie-up, supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India under the small business innovation research initiative (SBIRI) scheme, will make use of an indigenous technology developed at the Madurai Kamaraj Univeristy for promoting mosaic virus resistant cassava .

Cassava is an important crop for the southern region and one of the major constraints in the crop is tackling mosaic disease. The limited availability of germplasm has been a major impediment and under this scenario, incorporating virus resistance through genetic engineering is considered the best option.

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