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    Screening for Acyanogenesis in cassava: IITA Technical Bulletin No 4

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    Date
    1974
    Author
    Sadik, S.
    Okereke, O.
    Hahn, S.
    Type
    Report
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    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.
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5137
    IITA Subjects
    Research Method; Cassava; Value Chains; Plant Breeding; Disease Control
    Agrovoc Terms
    Screening; Clones; Cassava
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
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