… cassava is used mainly for industrial processes and no major biotic constraints affect its
productivity. Cassava … for the genetic improvement of cassava. Evaluations at early stages of …

… a crop of subsistence agriculture, cassava is now firmly placed in … Most cassava is grown
as a rainfed crop between ± 30 … Cassava has relatively high leaf photosynthesis for a C3 plant …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is one of the most important calorie‐producing crops in
the tropics. This chapter provides a discussion on parental material, plant culture, floral …

… cassava would significantly increase cassava production, stimulate growth and development
of nontraditional cassava products such as cassava starch, cassava flour, cassava chips …

Cassava or manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a perennial shrub of the New World,
currently is the sixth world food crop for more than 500 million people in tropical and sub-tropical …

… Cassava, which is a shrub reaching 1–4m height, is commonly known … cassava are highly
variable, which indicate a high degree of interspecific hybridization. There are many cassava …

… important genetic endowment for cassava breeding. Professional cassava breeding started
in the … The most notable results from cassava breeding are seen today in sub-Saharan Africa, …

… tropical rainforest were once cultivated with cassava and corn in shifting culture (1). … , cassava
was found throughout the lowland tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The cassava …

… research on cassava as well. Currently cassava is a fundamental component in the diet of
millions of people. Scott et al. (2000) estimated that for the year 1993, annual production of …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae, which is characterized
by lactiferous vessels composed of secretory cells. Its relatives in the Euphorbiaceae …