Preservation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz): A Major Crop to Nourish People Worldwide

Progress in Food Preservation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 331-342

  Gnonlonfin, G J Benoit ^a   Sanni, Ambaliou ^b   Brimer, Leon ^c  

^a International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cassava; Cassava derivatives; Cyanogenic glycosides; Processing technologies; Storage systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887168336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119962045.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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