staple food in many countries
Source: NCBI BioProject (ID PRJNA82143)

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Project name: Colocasia esculenta
Description: Taro, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, is the fifth root crop and the fourteenth vegetable in the world. It is the staple food in many developing countries in the South Pacific, Asia, Central Africa, the Caribbeans, and South/Central America. Among the many diseases and pests that limit taro production worldwide, Phytophthora colocasiae, the causal agent of taro leaf blight (TLB), is the most devastating.
Organization: NCBI
Last updated: 2012-01-26