The liberator from poverty has come to stay in the hunger-striken countries. This liberator is no human or an administrative body with relief-funds. But, here is a solution perhaps at the roots of the problem – the genetically modified cassava plants. Yes, these plants produce roots, more than two-and-a-half times the size of normal cassava roots.
This groundbreaking finding could relieve many countries of hunger, especially the regions, where people bank heavily on the cassava plant (Manihot esculenta) as a primary source of food. The study’s lead author and a professor of plant cellular and molecular biology at Ohio State University, Richard Sayre said.
The cassava plants are genetically modified by using using a gene from the bacterium E. coli. These plants were grown in a greenhouse. The roots grown from these plants, on average, were 2.6 times larger than those produced by regular cassava plants.
Via: Science Daily
