Advances in understanding cassava growth and development
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Advances in understanding cassava growth and development

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Advances in understanding cassava growth and development

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Understanding the physiological basis for cassava growth and development supports key strategies for the crop's sustainable management and its genetic improvement. Key components to consider are leaf area index, plant architecture, total biomass yield, photosynthetic rate, root bulking and root quality. This chapter aims to highlight advances in understanding cassava's fundamental physiological traits. It offers a detailed review of the growth and development of the plant's main structural components as well as the physiology and control of carbon partitioning between source (leaves) and sink (roots) for optimizing yields. The factors which make cassava well adapted to coping with climate change are discussed, and attention is also given to understanding of the rapid post-harvest physiological deterioration of cassava's roots, a feature that has profoundly influenced the ways that cassava is managed before and after harvest.

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Yes, you can access Advances in understanding cassava growth and development by Virgilio Gavicho Uarrota, Deivid L. V. Stefen, Clovis Arruda de Souza, Cileide Maria Medeiros Coelho, Rodolfo Moresco, Marcelo Maraschin, Fernando David Sánchez-Mora, Eduardo da Costa Nunes, Enilto de Oliveira Neubert, Luiz Augusto Martins Peruch in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Tecnología e ingeniería & Agricultura. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Year
2017
ISBN
9781838790523
Topic
Tecnología e ingeniería
Subtopic
Agricultura

Table of contents

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Overview of cassava growth and development
  3. 3 Leaf development, canopy formation and photosynthesis
  4. 4 Root development
  5. 5 Carbon partitioning in cassava
  6. 6 Cassava response to environmental conditions: solar radiation and temperature
  7. 7 Cassava response to environmental conditions: water availability
  8. 8 Cassava response to environmental conditions: salinity, atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases
  9. 9 Post-harvest physiological deterioration
  10. 10 Summary and future trends
  11. 11 Where to look for further information
  12. 12 References