Recent progress in cassava varietal improvement in the Philippines

In recent years cassava has become an important raw material for various domestic needs (food, feed, alcohol and high fructose sugar). To cope with high demand for cassava roots the breeding and selection program has been intensified to identify varieties that are high yielding and having high starc...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Mariscal, Algerico M., Bergantin, Reynaldo V.
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Center for Tropical Agriculture 1998
Subjects:	manihot esculenta breeding selection germplasm hybrids yield components crop yield pest resistance fitomejoramiento selección germoplasma híbridos caracteres de rendimiento rendimiento de cultivos resistencia a las plagas
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81967