Data/hora: 20/06/2024 11:39:09

Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura.
Data corrente: | 23/07/1993
Data da última atualização: | 23/07/1993
Autoria: | BERTRAM, R. B.; SCHAAL, B. A.
Afiliação: | University of Maryland, USa; and Research Specialist, USAID Office of Agriculture, Washington, DC, USA.
Título: | Phylogeny of Manihot and the evolution of cassava
Ano de publicação: | 1993
Fonte/Imprenta: | CBN Newsletter, v.1, n.1, p.4-7, 1993
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Researchers at washington Univesity, St. Louis, and the University of Maryland, USA, will soon publish the results of reseaech to elucidate the phylogeny of the North American Manihot species. The researchers, who were unable to attend the CBN meeting in Cartagena, have provided CBN with the following preview of their findings. Of the 98 species of Manihot designated in the most recent monograph of the genus (Rogers and Appan, 1973), 17 are native to North America. The main center of species diversity is in Brazil, but a secondary center is located in Mexico. the North priority in planning for collection and conservation of wild relatives of cassava (IBPGR, 1982). several authors have suggested that some members of this group may have been important in the evolution of cassava. We wanted to examine relationships between members of the group and cassava.
Palavras-Chave: | Cultivar; genetico; micorpropagacao.
Thesagro: | Germinação; Melhoramento.
Categoria do assunto: | --
Registro original: | Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura (CNPMF)
Exemplares: | CNPMF - (2130-1) - ADP - AP - -- - 633.68205 -  - 633.68205 - DIS