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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"root crop"”.
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GIS Modeling of Desert Root Crop Maturation on the Mid-Columbia Plateau
… efficiently utilize available resources. Desert roots, such as lomatium and bitterroot, provided a primary source of dietary nutrition, yet the ideal conditions for exploiting these plant resources coalesced for a very limited time in any one location. It was therefore necessary to possess an …
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ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MIRABILIS EXPANSA (RUIZ AND PAV.) STANDL.; FOR POTENTIAL AS A NEW ROOT CROP OUTSIDE THE ANDES
… and Pav.) Standl.: A rare indigenous Andean crop grown in southern Illinois,” M. expansa was examined for its amino acid values and those values considered in terms of differnces between the two varieties and above and below ground structures. In addition, soil amendments peat and steer …
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A Tropical Flour: Manioc in the Afro-Brazilian World, 1500-1800
… follows the movement of the American tropical root crop manioc [Manihot esulenta] throughout the Afro-Portuguese world between ca. 1500 to ca.1800. In addition to tracing the spatial movement of the plant, this thesis will also show how manioc was culturally redefined as an African crop and how …
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Development of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) leaf meal as an animal feed
… and to produce within 86% of the normal yield of roots. Two defoliations during the growing season depressed the root crop by more than half.
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Effect of planting depth and cutting orientation on growth and yield of sweet potato (Ipomoea Batatas L.(LAM) cultivars for small scale production in Verulam
… potato (Ipomoea batatas L. (Lam) is an important root crop for small scale farmers in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. However, low storage root yields in small scale farming are attributed to a number of factors including poor selection of cultivars and possibly unsuitable cultivation …
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LEVERAGING EVOLUTION TO UNDERSTAND GENETIC LOAD IN CASSAVA (MANIHOT ESCULENTA)
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a root crop that serves as an important caloric source for many tropical regions of the world. Cassava was domesticated 5k-10k years ago where it transitioned from being a perennial, outcrossing species to a crop grown as an annual or biannual and is propagated …
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Cassava root (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) characterisation and evaluation of process-induced changes on functional of its flour
… esculenta Crantz) is the world’s most important root crop, highly perishable, mostly grown and consumed in the tropics and subtropics of Asia, South America and Africa. Despite the popularity and utilisation of cassava in tropical and sub-tropical regions of Africa, it is not well known in South …