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Abstracts on Cassava (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) ISSN 0120-288X Abstracts on Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Vol. Xl No. 1 April. 1985 Ij /S ** A* a .A. * 0e ' ABSTRACTS ON CASSAVA ISSN 0120-288X Publication of CIA T's Cassava Infornia­ tion Center CIAT is a nontprofit organrzation diwoted to the agricLilliral arf con niC dtt'volopniientt of the lowland trolitcc Tht goverrnont of Information Specialist: Coloinbha prrovides 3u;. ptort Wta jiLctScountry Mabel Varqgas de West for CIAT and furnic.c .h h"-i,-taro sifo near Ca; Ic ClAT;; hoitIhi, ira addltin, Periodicity: 3 issues per year the (.lnhiblan FOLrtiw, ,t hllhr Flit;­ loin (IF',)- )i;tk asw ,;il to CAT a 184­ tnd a 73 Annual subscription rates: t lP:IiTr tiifita t i O t), i ha, i ,afdarv attltt,t~tIti on tip:ili the Coluni H~~nlice, I dollration J I-D2,IIRlOZ)ab , US$16.oo for Latin America. th" ian, acaila rleoCIA a 0tl ha rl lafa Caribbean. 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Abstracts on Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Vol. XI No. 1 April, 1985 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION iii COMPONENTS OF AN ABSTRACT iv HOW TO USE THE INDEXES v AO BOTANY, TAXONOMY AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 1 BOO PLANT ANATOMY AND MORPHOLOGY 1 COO PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1 COI Plant Development 1 C02 Cyanogenesis 2 C03 Chemical Composition, Methodology and Analyses 3 C04 Plant Nutrition 3 DOO CULTIVATION 4 D01 Soil, Water, Climate and Fertilization 4 D02 Cultivation Practices: Propngation, Planting, Weed Control and Harvesting 8 D03 Energy Productivity and Yields 14 D04 Postharvest Studies 15 EOO PLANT PATHOLOGY 16 E02 Bacterioses 20 E03 Mycoses 22 E04 Viroses 23 E05 Mycoplasmoses 23 E06 Nematodes 23 FOO PEST CONTROL AND ENTOMOLOGY 24 FO Injurious Insects and their Control 24 F02 Rodents and other Noxious Animals - F03 Injurious Mites and their Control 27 GOO GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING 29 GO Breeding, Germplasm, Varieties and Clones, Selection 29 G02 Cytogenetics HOO NUTRITION 36 H01 Cassava Foods and Nutritive Value 36 H02 Nutritive Disorders in Humans 38 H03 Animal Feeding 39 H04 HCN Toxicity aiid Detoxification 44 100 PROCESSING, PRODUCTS AND USES 45 101 Cassava Starch and its Properties 45 102 Uses, Industrialization, Processing and Storage 45 103 Industrial Microbiology 48 JOO ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT 50 KOO OTHER ASSOCIATED COMMODITIES 66 KO Rotational Schemes and Intercropping 66 K02 Descriptive and Comparative Studies 69 ZOO GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 70 AUTHOR INDEX 72 SUBJECT INDEX 77 INTRODUCTION This journal of analytical abstracts, which replaces the former combination of abstract cards and yearly cumulative volumes, is designed to provide a specialized guide to the world's literature on cassava (Manihot esculenwa Crantz), disseminating research results. and ongoing activities related to the crop. 'r.e abstracts report condensed information from journal articles, booklets,. mimeographed reports, theses, manuals and other conventional and nonconventional material, categoriztd into broad disciplinary fields to facilitate rapid scanning. Additionally, ab -acts are author and subject indexed to enable more compre­ he ,ve consultation. When retrospective or exhaustive coverage of a topic is desired, mechanized bibliographic searches of the entire document c0l­ lection can be provided by CIAT's Documentation Center. Abstracts of all articles that match the topic of interest are provided to users who request this search service. The full text of every article abstracted by the Documentation Center is also available, through the photocopy service. CIAT's Documentation Center also publishes journals of analyti­ cal abstracts on fie'd beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) grown tnder tropical conditions, and on tropical pastures. Other CIAT publi­ cations dedicated to keeping users aware of research developments in their respective fields include: Pages of Contents, Cassava Newsletter, Pastos Tropicales - Boletfn Informativo, and Hojas de Frfjol. iii COMPONENTS OF AN ABSTRACT Sequential number in the journal (for Yeaf of Authors use of indexes) publication r = iginsl tite .. numberA19527 r--192 IEDIOBI,KDOI C.O.;.. ON"ItE.N i0E.E. The use of linamarase in grj nm u ° PYL production. 19i82.i 2Th uE. rin (for photocop iProcess Biochemistry 17(4)- -5. Eng1., Sum. En1.1-1112 | Author requests) !Refs.. Illus. [Dept. of Lioch mistry, Ahmadu Bello Nigeri 7/ / L/ag address Addiiona Lanwua e Language notes Source P-ge of paper of summary Cassava. Linamarase. Uses. Gari. Fermentation. Detoxification processes. Keywords Enzymes. Nigeria. I The detoxification of cassava associated with fermentation depends on endogenous linamarase hydrolysis of the constituent cyanogenic glucosides. Addition of exogenous linsmarase preparations to fermenting grated cassava not only increased the rate -nd extent of detoxification but also consis­ tently yielded Sari with innocuous levels of cyanide. A preliminary screen­ Abstract ing ol several fungal isolates for their ability to synthesize linamarase, resulted in the identification of 2 fungi, Penicillium ateckii and Aspergillus aydowi, capable of producing this enzyme in comercial quan­ tities. The use of llnamarase or linamarase-nroducing fungi in cassava for gari production may be an interesting possibility. ,fermentation(Author' a sumary) 102 Abstractor Subject and/or translator categories HOW TO USE THE INDEXES The numbers listed under each entry in the author and subject indexes correspond to the abstract's seouential number, found above each abstract within the jourmal. The last issue of the year contains cumulative au'thor and subject indexes for the year. Author Index The Author Index can be used to find abstracts when the personal or corporate authors are known. The Author Index, which is alphabetically arranged, lists all author and co-author names cited in the publicaction. Subject Index The Subject Index presents an alphabetical list of descriptors used in cassava research, many of which are combined with other descriptors, allowing the identification of more specific topics. N1 GIL. I A 0003 0025 002 0057 00 0 00,tl U63 0064 0065 006o 0067 00S9 00/0 0071 0074 Ol/m 0077 U078 0079 00u2. 0013 OO4 0085 00H? O08, 0'09) 0097 0103 O l5011R0119 U124* 01,25 016 J'1)2V GAP I 0(,97 0097 Oj145 'I-k WON r' - 1 0157' PWOTF I N. AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS Users who wish to obtain full text of the documents listed in the abstracts journals, can use the photocopy service at the following address: CIAT - Communications and Information Support Unit Photocopy Service Apartado Aereo 6713 Call, Colombia Requesi must indicate the access number of the document (upper left corner of each reference), rather than the sequential number. Charges are: US$0.10 or Col. $4.oo per page in Colombia US$0.20 per page elsewhere Orders should be prepaid, choosing one of the following alternatives of payment: 1. Check in US$ made out to CIAT against a U.S. international bank 2. Check in Col$ made out to CIAT, adding the bank commision value 3. Bank draft made out to CIAT, giving precise personal infommation 4. CIAT coupons, issued by CIAT's Library with a unit value of S1.oo a.id fractions of US$0.10 5. AGRINTER coupons, obtainable with local currency at national agricultural libraries and at the regional office. of the Instituto Interamericano de Cooperaci6n para la Agricultura (lICA) in Latin American and Caribbean countries 6. UNESCO coupons, available at UNESCO offices all over the world vi AOO BOTANY, TAXONOMY AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION See 0111 0114 BOO PLANT ANATOMY AND MORPHOLOGY See 0001 0002 0048 0W62 COO PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 0001 22075 OKA, M.; MATSUDA, T. 1983. Some findings in leaf characters of cassava varieties. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly 17(l):69-72. Engl., 11 Refs., Illus. [Tropical Agriculturn. Research Center, Yatabe, Ibaraki 305, Japanl Cassava. Cultivars. Plant physiology. Plant anatomy. Leaves. Leaf area. Stomata. Transpiration. Carbon dioxide. Photosynthesis. Plant pigments. Composition. Indonesia. Leaf characteristics of Indonesian cassava cv. were studied. Stomatal resistance to water diffusion (rS ) on both surfaces and chlorophyll content were measured; the distribution and density of stomata in fully expanded leaves in the upper canopy were observed. The r .ad (adaxial surface) gave an infinite value while the r .ab (abaxial surface) was lower.
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