Enzyme-based dip-stick: An easy-to-use alternative for estimation of cyanogen level in cassava roots

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 305-307

  Yeoh, Hock Hin ^a   Sanchez, Teresa ^b   Iglesias, Carlos A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Ctro Internacional de Agric Trop   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cassava roots; Cyanogen determination; Cyanogenic potential; Dip sticks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012702893     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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