Screening for Acyanogenesis in cassava: IITA Technical Bulletin No 4

The sodium picrate test for hydrocyanic acid was used (0 evaluate BB.S10cassava plants for cyanogenic content. Acyanogenic plants were not found in spite of the large number of plants rested. A small number of plants exhibited low to medium degree of cyanogenesis while the rest of [he plants showed...

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Autores principales: Sadik, S., Okereke, O., Hahn, S.
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1974
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98788
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Sumario:The sodium picrate test for hydrocyanic acid was used (0 evaluate BB.S10cassava plants for cyanogenic content. Acyanogenic plants were not found in spite of the large number of plants rested. A small number of plants exhibited low to medium degree of cyanogenesis while the rest of [he plants showed a high degree of cyanogenesis. The screening method is simple and sensitive and lends itself to large •scale field screening.