Objective: Develop and evaluate rapid multiplication models and strategies for the effective and efficient production of clean seeds and rapid dissemination of new varieties through the seed system.
Tunnel system
Mini-sets and immature cuttings
Tunnel system advantages:
- Greatly shortens time to increase available planting material
- Increases annual multiplication rate through use of miniset and immature cuttings
- Could implement a QC program
- Tunnel system can support releases of new planting material
Required infrastructure:
- Centralized greenhouse for mother plants
- Set of 4 multiplication tunnels
- Electric/solar power, water supply
- 8 staff & manager
- 10 ha fields for first round multiplication (pre-basic seeds)
Building a cassava rapid multiplication tunnel
Construction manuals
Sustainable cassava disease solutions in Southeast Asia 