Molecular analyses are providing new elements to decipher the origin, domestication and
dispersal of native Amazonian crops in an expanding archaeological context. Solid …

The Origins and Taxonomy of Cassava Page 1 Chapter 1 The Origins and Taxonomy of Cassava
Antonio C. Allem EMBRAPA, Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, CP 02372, 70849-970 …

Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion
people in developing countries. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

The morphological and agronomic characteristics (ie roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and
seeds) of cassava are discussed, including growth and development (ie plant …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta subsp. esculenta) is a staple crop with great economic
importance worldwide, yet its evolutionary and geographical origins have remained …

This unique volume combines discussion of plant evolution with that of crop origins. The first
edition was published in 1992 by Prentice-Hall, and has now been fully revised to reflect …

Genetic variation at five microsatellite loci was used to investigate the evolutionary and
geographical origins of cassava (Manihot esculenta subsp. esculenta) and the population …

A genetic linkage map of cassava has been constructed with 132 RFLPs, 30 RAPDs, 3
microsatellites, and 3 isoenzyme markers segregating from the heterozygous female parent …

Despite its importance as a staple food throughout the tropics, the root crop cassava (it
Manihot esculenta ssp. esculenta) has traditionally not been a major focus of research. One …