Yield performance of introduced cassava clones in an Ultisol in Puerto Rico

Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 27-33

  Goenaga, Ricardo ^a   Rivera Amador, Edmundo ^a   Chardón, Ulises ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassava; HCN concentration; Yield

Indexed keywords

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0036461746     PISSN: 0041994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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