Ebun Williams, C. 1979. The role of women in cassava processing in Nigeria. Tropical root crops, ed. by D. Plunkett, 340–356. Boulder, CO.: Westview Press.
Echandi, M. O. 1952. Valor de la harina de hojas y tallos deshidrates de la yuca en la producción of leche. Turrialba, Costa Rica. 2(4):166–169. [Written in Spanish.]
Echeverria, H. 1973. Mecanización del cultivo de la yuca. Primer Seminario Nacional sobre Yuca. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía 22:45–49. Alcance, Venezuela. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:83–84. Written in Spanish.]
Echeverry, U. L. E. 1975. La yuca en la alimentación de los colombianos. Curso sobre producción de yuca, 169–172. Medellín, Colombia: Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario, Regional 4. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:167. Written in Spanish.]
Edin, H., G. Kihlen, and A. Gustafsson. 1930. Angaende smältbarheten och fodervärten av tapioka och fiskfodermajiöl. Kungliga Landbruksakademiens Handigar och Tidskrift 69:882–904. [Spanish abstract in Resumunes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:194–195.]
Editorial. 1961. Tropical Agriculturist 117:147. [Wrongly claims that different varieties of cassava are safe with respect to HCN poisoning, unless they have been damaged and exposed after harvest.]
Edwards, Bryan. 1807. The history civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies, 3 vols. London: John Stockdale. [Lists cassava as an ingredient in the black slaves’ stewpot, pg. 255.]
Edwards, D. G. 1974. The industrial manufacture of cassava products: An economic study. London: Tropical Products Institute, no. G88. 43 pg. [Reports the results of an economic study designed to facilitate investment decisions concerning cassava in developing countries.]
Edwards, D. G., and B. T. Kang. 1978. Tolerance of cassava to high soil acidity. Field Crops Research 1:337–346.
Edwards, D. G., C. J. Asher, and G. L. Wilson. 1977. Proceedings of the 4th Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops, Cali, Colombia, 1–7 August 1976, ed. by J. H. Cock, R. MacIntyre, and M. Graham, 124–130. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre. IDRC-080e. [Examines the nutritional requirements of cassava.]
Edwards, D. T., and J. Cropper. 1967. An economic view of the development of new production systems. Proceedings of International Symposium on Tropical Root Crops 2(5):57–66. St Augustine, Trinidad: Univ. of the West Indies. [Examines the labor requirements of cassava in Jamaica.]
The EEC tapioca market - possibilities and limits. 1972. Rome, Italy: FAO. Unpublished ms. [Provides information on cassava imports into the European Economic Community between 1967 and 1970.]
Effect of harvesting time after cutting stems on root yield in cassava. 1967. Thailand Department of Agriculture, Research and Experiment Division, Annual Report 1966.
Effendi, Suryatna. 1979. Cassava intercropping patterns and management practices in Indonesia. Proceedings of an international workshop on intercropping with cassava, held at Trivandrum, India, 27 Nov–1 Dec 1978, ed. by E. Weber, B. Nestel, and M. Campbell, 35–36. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, IDRC-142e. 143 pg. [States that following rice and corn, cassava is the third most important food crop in Indonesia. Provides an overview of intercropping in Indonesia. Divides cassava production in Indonesia according to the intended use.]
Eggum, B. O. 1970. The protein quality of cassava leaves. British J. of Nutrition 24(3):761–768. [Shows that the digestibility of cassava leaf protein in rats was 70–80 percent.]
Ehlers, R. F. 1954. Considerações sôbre a cultura da mandioca. Granja 10(81):44–46; 10(82):34–37. Brasil. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:47. Written in Portuguese.]
Ekandem, M. J. 1961. Preparation of cassava in the human diet on Nigeria. Memorandum 29, Federal Department of Agricultural Research, Fed. Nigeria. [Describes methods of production of cassava-based food products.]
Ekandem, M. J. 1962. Cassava in Nigeria. I. Eastern Nigeria. Memorandum Federal Department of Agricultural Research, Fed. Nigeria 42:1–20.
Ekandem, M. J. 1964. Cassava investigations carried out in Northern Nigeria, 1958–1962. Memorandum Federal Department of Agricultural Research, Fed. Nigeria 55:1–11. [Points out the effect of mosaic virus on cassava yield.]
Ekandem, M. J. 1965. Cassava in Nigeria. II. Northern Nigeria. Memorandum Federal Department of Agricultural Research, Fed. Nigeria 87:1–26.
Ekandem, M. J. 1970. Technique for cassava hybridization and production of seedlings. Nigeria: Federal Department of Agricultural Research, Memo 105.
Ekpechi, O. L. 1964. Ph.D. dissertation. London Univ. [Deals with an endemic goiter survey in Nigeria. Suggests a correlation between the intake of dry, smoked, unfermented cassava and the incidence of goiter.]
Ekpechi, O. L. 1967. Pathogenesis of endemic goitre in Eastern Nigeria. Brit. J. of Nutr. 21:537–545. [Demonstrates that cassava is goitrogenic in experimental animals.]
Ekpechi, O. L. 1973. Endemic goitre and high cassava diets in Eastern Nigeria. Proceedings of an interdisciplinary workshop on chronic cassava toxicity, London, England, 29–30 January 1973, ed. by B. Nestel, and R. MacIntyre, 139–145. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, IDRC-010e. 163 pg. [Shows that cassava has an adverse action on the function of the thyroid in rats, an action comparable to that of thionamide goitrogen.]
Ekpechi, O. L., A. Dimitriadou, and R. Fraser. 1966. Goitrogenic activity of cassava (a staple Nigerian food). Nature 20(5014):1137–1138. London. [Provides evidence that chronic cyanide poisoning is of great importance in areas where cassava constitutes a major portion of the diet. Suggests that human goiter in Nigeria is related to a chronic intake of HCN from cassava. States that iodine deficiency alone cannot account for the high incidence of goiter in Nigeria.]
El-Harith, E. A., J. W. T. Dickerson, and R. Walker. 1976. On the nutritive value of various starches for the albino rat. J. of the Science of Food and Agriculture 27(6):521–526. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:167.]
Ellis, H. 1931. The microscopy of starch. Textile Recorder, 23–25. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:215.]
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária. n.d. Anteprojeto de implantação do Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Mandioca e Fruticultura. Cruz das Almas. [Written in Portuguese.]
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária. 1978. Resultados da reunião nacional de programação de pesquisa de mandioca. Cruz das Almas. [Written in Portuguese.]
Ene, L. S. O., and F. M. O. Agbo. 1974. Breeding for resistance to cassava bacterial blight at Unudike. Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Cassava Bacterial Blight in Nigeria, Umudike, Nigeria, 1974, ed. by E. U. Okpala, and H. J. Glaser, 3–10. Umudike, Nigeria: Federal Agricultural Research and Training Station. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:114.]
Enriquez, F. Q., and E. Ross. 1967. The value of cassava root meal for chicks. Poultry Science 46:622–626. [Animal feed.]
Enriquez, F. Q., and E. Ross. 1972. Poultry Science 51:228. [Reports on the use of cassava root meal in poultry diets in Hawaii. Pacific islands.]
Enriquez, G. 1978. Perennial plants program. Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica. Unpublished ms. [Reports the results of intercropping cassava with plantain.]
Enyi, B. A. C. 1970. The effect of age on the establishment and yield of cassava sets, Manihot esculenta, Crantz. Beitr. Tropischen Subtropischen Landwirtsch Tropenveterinarmedizin 8(1):71–75. [Points out a positive linear relationship between root yield and age of planted cutting.]
Enyi, B. A. C. 1972a. East African Agricultural and Forestry J. 38:23–27. [Examines the effects of spacing on growth, development, and yield of cassava plants.]
Enyi, B. A. C. 1972b. J. Hort. Science 47:457. [Examines the effects of spacing on growth, development, and yield of cassava plants.]
Enyi, B. A. C. 1972c. Cassava varietal assessment. Tropical Root and Tuber Crops Newsletter 5:7–11. [Reports on cassava yields based on spacing experiments.]
Enyi, B. A. C. 1973a. Growth rates of three cassava varieties, Manihot esculenta, under varying population densities. J. of Agricultural Science 81:15–28. England. [Provides information on root dry matter production. Claims that net assimilation and tuber yield were higher in single shoot plants then multiple shoot plants.]
Enyi, B. A. C. 1973b. Paper presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Tropical Root Crops, 2–9 Dec. 1973. [Examines growth and tuberization of cassava.]
Enzumah, H. G., and E. R. Terry. 1974. Cultural considerations in control of cassava bacterial blight (CBB). Proceedings of 1st Workshop on Cassava Bacterial Blight in Nigeria, Umudike, Nigeria, 1974, ed. by E. U. Okpala, and H. J. Glaser, 25–32. Umudike, Nigeria: Federal Agricultural Research and Training Station. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:114–115.]
Ermans, A. M. 1980a. Introduction. Role of cassava in the etiology of endemic goitre and cretinism, ed. by A. M. Ermans, N. M. Mbulamoko, F. Delange, and R. Ahluwalia, 13–14. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, IDRC-136e. 182 pg. [States that cassava plays a causative role in endemic goiter and cretinism. Summarizes the results of investigations reported in this book.]
Ermans, A. M. 1980b. General conclusions. Role of cassava in the etiology of endemic goitre and cretinism, ed. by A. M. Ermans, N. M. Mbulamoko, F. Delange, and R. Ahluwalia, 147–152. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, IDRC-136e. 182 pg. [Reviews the results of research described in this monograph. Shows that cassava ingestion, together with iodine deficiency, is a key factor in the etiology of endemic goiter and cretinism in central Africa. Thiocyanate is the goitrogenic factor directly involved. French version occurs on 153–160.]
Ermans, A. M., C. Thilly, H. L. Vis, and F. Delange. 1969. Permissive nature of iodine deficiency in the development of endemic goiter. Endemic goiter, ed. by J. B. Stanbury. Pan American Health Organization Science Publication 193:101–117. [Suggests that long-term consumption of cassava containing low levels of hydrocyanic acid (HCN) produces a chronic cyanide toxicity with resulting goiter.]
Ermans, A. M., F. Delange, M. van der Velden, and J. Kinthaert. 1972. Possible role of cyanide and thiocyanate in the etiology of endemic cretinism in human development and thyroid gland: Relation to endemic cretinism. Human development and the thyroid gland, ed. by J. B. Stanbury, and R. L. Kroc, 455–486. New York: Plenum Press. [Examines the modifications of thiocyanate (SCN) and iodine metabolism in rats submitted to a diet containing either cassava or SCN.]
Ermans, A. M., J. Kinthaert, M. van der Velden, and P. Bourdoux. 1980. Studies of the antithyroid effects of cassava and of thiocyanate in rats. Role of cassava in the etiology of endemic goitre and cretinism, ed. by A. M. Ermans, N. M. Mbulamoko, F. Delange, and R. Ahluwalia, 93–110. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, IDRC-136e. 182 pg. [Reports on a series of investigations carried out on rats. Compares the long-term effects of cassava consumption with the effects of receiving graded doses of thiocyanate. Also deals with the short-term effect induced by the ingestion of a single cassava meal.]
Ermans, A. M., M. van der Velden, J. Kinthaert, and F. Delange. 1973. Mechanism of the goitrogenic action of cassava. Proceedings of an interdisciplinary workshop on chronic cassava toxicity, London, England, 29–30 January 1973, ed. by B. Nestel, and R. MacIntyre, 153–157. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, IDRC-010e. 163 pg. [Concludes that the antithyroid action of cassava is caused by the endogenous production of thiocyanate (SCN) which is related to the conversion of cyanide.]
Ermans, A. M., N. M. Mbulamoko, F. Delange, and R. Ahluwalia, eds. 1980. Role of cassava in the etiology of endemic goitre and cretinism. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, IDRC-136e. 182 pg. [Reports the results of experiments primarily conducted in Zaire which show the relationship between cassava and goiter and cretinism.]
Escobar-Carranza, R. 1975. Análisis del crecimiento y rendimiento del camote en monocultivo y en asociación con frijol, maíz y yuca. Turrialba, Costa Rica. M.S. thesis. [Written in Spanish.]
Esquivel, T. F., and N. Maravalhas. 1973. J. of Agr. Food Chemistry 21:321. [Deals with cyanogen assay in cassava roots and leaves.]
Estrada, N. 1968. El cultivo de la yuca. Bul. Mensual de Divulgación 23, Bogotá, Colombia. [Reports that the hornworm caterpillar which destroys cassava is found in Colombia. Recommends a pest control method. Written in Spanish.]
Estrada-Ramos, N. 1969a. Informe para: Agencia de la discusión sobre la investigación en yuca, Manihot esculenta. ICA, Programa de Tuberosas, Mimeo. Report. [Written in Spanish.]
Estrada-Ramos, N. 1969b. Cultivo de la yuca, programa de papa y yuca. ICA Colombia. Mimeo. Report. 7 pg. [Reports that Teranychus species are pests of cassava in Colombia. Recommends a pest control practice. Written in Spanish.]
Estrado-Ramos, N., et al. 1970. El cultivo de la yuca en Colombia. Revista Esso Agrícola 16(5):28–31; 16(6):22–24. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:47. Written in Spanish.]
Estudios de costos de producción de yuca. Centro Agrícola Regional de la Zona Norte, Zona de San Francisco de la Palmera, 29 fincas, Año 1973, Costa Rica. 1974. Min. de Agr. y Ganadería, Dirección de Planeamiento y Coordinación, Dept. de Economía y Estadísticas Agropecuarias. Boletín Técnico 21. 40 pg. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:47–48. Written in Spanish.]
Etorna, S. B. 1936. Chemical studies on cassava products. I. The critical moisture-molding content of cassava starch. Philippine J. of Agriculture 7:409–412.
Etten, C. H. van. 1969. Goitrogens. Toxic constituents of plant foodstuffs, ed. by I. E. Liner, 103–142. New York: Academic Press. [Discusses the conversion of cyanide into thiocyanate in detoxification.]
Ettori, O. J. T., and L. M. Pellegrini. 1965. Aspectos económicos da produção de mandioca industrial em São Paulo. Agricultura em São Paulo 12:11–12. [Written in Portuguese.]
Evans, R. B., and O. B. Wurzburg. 1967. Starch chemistry and technology, vol. 2, ed. by R. L. Whistler. New York: Academic Press. [Asserts that dextrins made from cassava flour can be used to make high quality adhesives.]
Evenson, J. P., and B. A. Keating. 1978. The potential of cassava as a harvester of solar energy. Proceedings of conference on Alcohol Fuels, Institution of Chemical Engineers, N. S. W. Group, 9–11 August 1978, Sydney, Australia.
Evenson, J. P., et al. 1975. Tropical root crop research at the University of Queensland, Australia. Santa Lucia, Australia: Univ. of Queensland. 13 pg. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:97.]
Ewell, E. E., and H. W. Wiley. 1893. Some products of cassava. J. of the American Chem. Society 15:78–82. [Mentions sucrose content in cassava as high as 17 percent.]
Ewen, Charles. n.d. Cassava and its role in the diet of the West Indies. Univ. of Florida, Department of Anthropology. Unpublished ms. [Claims that cassava never became a significant part of European colonists’ diet because of cassava’s protein deficiency, toxicity, unfamilarity, and low status.]
Experiments produce more cassava. 1961. Quarterly Bulletin, 5–12, Department of Agriculture. Zanzibar. 1961, [Presents the results of experiments on different varieties of cassava.]
Eyjolfsson, R. 1970. Recent advances in the chemistry of cyanogenic glycosides. Fortschritte der Chemie Organ. Naturstoffe 28:74–108. [Describes the chemical features of cyanogenic glycosides.]
Ezeilo, W. N. O. 1977. The effect of fertilizers and other inputs on yield and nutritive value of cassava and other tropical root crops. 13th Colloquium of the International Potash Institute, York, England. [Includes cost and profit estimates from cassava and maize intercropping.]
Ezeilo, W. N. O. 1979. Intercropping with cassava in Africa. Proceedings of an international workshop on intercropping with cassava, held at Trivandrum, India, 27 Nov–1 Dec 1978, ed. by E. Weber, B. Nestel, and M. Campbell, 49–56. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, IDRC-142e. 143 pg. [Claims that the diversity of cropping systems is based on high population densities, personal tastes, economic and political factors, and the overall level of technological development and resource availability.]
Ezeilo, W. N. O., J. C. Flinn, and L. B. Williams. 1975. Cassava producers and cassava production in the east central state of Nigeria. Ibadan, Nigeria: National Accelerated Food Production Project. [Reports the results of a farm survey in Nigeria which show why yields may be reduced. Also reports the results of studies of traditional farming systems to determine dominant crop mixtures, planting patterns, farmers’ attitudes, and the possibility of increasing profitability in a given area.]
Ezumah, H. C., P. H. Haynes, and K. F. Nwanze. 1978. Selections for resistance to the cassava mealybug and effects of some cultural practices on incidence and severity in Bas-Zaire. (Mimeo.)
Ezumah, H. C., S. Kabonyi, and K. Beya. 1976. Guidelines for the establishment of a cassava improvement project: The Zaire model. The International Exchange and Testing of Cassava Germ Plasm in Africa. Proceedings of an interdisciplinary workshop, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1975, ed. by E. R. Terry, and R. MacIntyre, 45–48. Ottawa, Canada: IDRC. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:149.]
Fafunso, M., and O. Bassir. 1976a. The disappearance of cyanide from cassava leaves during leaf protein extraction. West African J. of Biological and Applied Chemistry 19(2):30–34. [Describes the decrease of CN content in leaves during the manufacture of leaf proteins.]
Fafunso, M., and O. Bassir. 1976b. Effect of cooking on the vitamin C content of fresh leaves and wilted leaves. J. of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 24(2):354–355. [Reports the results of research in Nigeria on cassava leaves.]
Fafunso, M., and O. L. Oke. 1976. Leaf protein from different cassava varieties. Nutrition Reports International 14(6):629–632. [Reports on nitrogen extraction from fifteen varieties of cassava.]
Falcon, Walter P., William O. Jones, and Scott R. Pearson. 1984. Cassava’s role in food policy. The cassava economy of Java, ed. by W. P. Falcon, W. O. Jones, and S. R. Pearson, 163–181. Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press. [Claims that cassava needs to be included in food policy decisions in Indonesia.]
Falcon, Walter P., William O. Jones, and Scott R. Pearson. 1984. The cassava economy of Java. Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press. [Integrates both production and consumption aspects of the cassava system found in Java. Places cassava in the context of national policy.]
Faradela Filho, O. 1970. Doenças fúngicas e bacterianas da mandioca. Encontro de Engenheiros Agrônomos Pesquisadores em Mandioca dos Paises Andinos e do Estado de São Paulo, 1st., Campinas. 1–9. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:119–120. Written in Portuguese.]
Farstad, L., et al. 1975. Effects of feeding Pekilo single cell protein in various concentrations to growing pigs. Acta Agriculture Scandinavica 25:291–300. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:195.]
Fassi, B. 1957. Premières observations sur une pourriture des racines du manioc causée par un Phytophthora. Bul. Inf. Inst. Nat. Etud. Agron. Congo 6(5):313–318. Bruxelles. [Reports that Phytophthora parasitica is a fungus pathogenic on roots of cassava. Written in French.]
Favier, J. C., F. Chevassus-Agnes, and G. Gallon. 1969. Les amylacées de Cameroun. Yaoundé: Rapport Orstom. [Describes methods of production of cassava-based food products. Written in French. Cameroon.]
Feller, M. 1968. Cultura da mandioca. Recife, Brasil: Grupo Executivo da Integração da Politica dos Transportes. 9 pg. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:48. Written in Portuguese.]
Fennah, R. G. 1945. Preliminary tests with DDT against insect pests of food crops in the Lesser Antilles. Tropical Agriculture 22:222–226. [Reports that Teranychus species are pests of cassava in Trinidad.]
Fennah, R. G. 1947. The insect pests of food-crops in the Lesser Antilles. Grenada, British West Indies: Department of Agriculture for the Windward Island. 24 pg. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:137.]
Fermentation methods with cassava to improve its nutritional values. 1968. London: TPI Report, 10–12.
Fernandes, E., and M. B. Lira. 1962. Bromatología das farinhas de mandioca produzidas no Amazonas. Arquivos Brasileiros de Nutrição 18(1/2):87–94. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:168. Written in Portuguese.]
Fernandez, E. 1944. Frutos menores: Boniato, yuca, ñame, malanga. Agronomía 4:302–312. Cuba. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:48–49. Written in Spanish.]
Fernandez, H., and R. D. Cooke. 1978. Research in Costa Rica: The effects of cassava processing on residual cyanide contents. Cassava Newsletter 4:10–11.
Fernando, L. J. 1963. Some notes on the economic potential for the organized exploitation of manioc in Ceylon. CISIR report. [Points out that cassava processing in Sri Lanka would reduce imports.]
Fernando, M., and E. S. Jayasundera. 1942. Cultural experiments with cassava, Manihot utilissima, Pohl-I. Tropical Agriculturist 98(3):3–8. Ceylon. [Claims that longer stem cuttings generally give higher yields. Reports on yields based on spacing experiments.]
Ferreira Filho, J. C., et al. 1942. Manual da mandioca, a mais brasileira das plantas uteis; cultura, pragas e doenças, indústria. São Paulo, Brasil: Edição da Chácaras e Quintaes. 299 pg. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:49. Written in Portuguese.]
Ferreira, J. C. 1978. An economic analysis of cassava flour and its effect on nutrition: A case study in Ceará, Brazil. Ph.D. dissertation. Vanderbilt Univ. [Demonstrates the importance of cassava flour consumption in order to determine the social and economic feasibility of using higher mechanized techniques in the cassava-flour production in the State of Ceara.]
Ferrer D., A. 1966. La yuca como alimento para ganado vacuno. Agricultor Venezolano 30(230):57–61. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:195. Written in Spanish.]
Fertilizer experiments with cassava. 1960. Tropical Agriculture 116:253.
Fielder, H., and J. L. Wood. 1956. Specificity studies on the B-mercapto-pyruvate-cyanide transulfuration system. J. of Biological Chemistry 222:387–397. [Discusses the metabolic pathway of cyanide with 3-mercaptopyruvate.]
Figueiredo, A. de A. 1974. Maniok: Seine Bedeutung als Nahrugsund Futtermittel. Deutsche Lebensmittel-Rundschau 70(9):322–325. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:161. Written in German.]
Figueiredo, I. B., P. Vitti, and A. S. Pereira. 1977. Comportamento de substâncias nitrogenadas e caroteno em duas variedades de mandioca. Boletim do Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos 51:145–164. [Examines the behavior of nitrogenated substances and carotene in a bitter and a sweet variety of cassava. Found that plant age and harvesting time effected results. Written in Portuguese.]
Filho, J. C., and E. Azevedo. 1964a. I. Determinação colorimetrica de ácido cianidrico em mandioca. Instituto de Pesquisas Agronómicas de Pernambuco Tech. Bul. 9. [Reports on colormetric determination of HCN in manioc. Written in Portuguese.]
Filho, J. C., and E. Azevedo. 1964b. II. Nota prévia sobre as possiveis relações entre alguns constituintes e a cor da farinha de mandioca. Instituto de Pesquisas Agronomicas de Pernambuco Tech. Bul. 9. [Reports on the relationship between some constituents in fresh roots and the color of manioc flour. Written in Portuguese.]
First nationwide nutrition survey, Philippines, 1978. 1981. FNRI Publication GP-11. Food and Nutrition Research Institute. [Reports that the average annual intake per individual of cassava and its products was 5.5 kg. Also notes there are considerable differences in intake according to individuals and regions.]
Firth, R. M. 1936. We, the Tikopia. London: Allen and Unwin. [Refers to the role of cassava on Tikopia Island.]
Flacourt, M. de. 1906. Compte-rendu des expériences culturales faites à la Station Expérimentale de Thanh-Ba (Tonkin) (2 août–fin janvier 1906). Bulletin Economique de l’Indochine, 450–463. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:49–50. Written in French.]
Flaws, L. J., and E. R. Palmer. 1968. The production of particle board from cassava stalks. London: TPI Report G 34:1–3. [Reports that cassava stalks have been harvested for the production of particle board.]
Fleming, H. S., and D. J. Rogers. 1970. A classification of Manihot esculenta, Crantz using the information carrying content of a character as a measure of its classificatory rank. Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Tropical Root and Tuber Crops 1:66–71. [Examines the relationships amongst reticulately related cassava cultivars.]
Fleury, Jean-Marc. 1981. Solving the cassava mystery. Africa News 16(23):9–10. [Discusses the role of cyanide in cassava and the link between goiter and cassava.]
Flinn, J. C. 1976. Possibilities for economic research into cassava production systems in Africa. The International Exchange and Testing of Cassava Germ Plasm in Africa. Proceedings of an interdisciplinary workshop held at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria, 17–21 November 1975, ed. by E. Terry, and R. MacIntyre, 15–20. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre. [Claims that problems or limitations in processing cassava, transporting it to markets, and crop prices, may be more important factors than biotechnical ones in limiting the productivity of cassava.]
Flinn, J. C. 1979. Agroeconomic considerations in cassava intercropping research. Proceedings of an international workshop on intercropping with cassava, held at Trivandrum, India, 27 Nov–1 Dec 1978, ed. by E. Weber, B. Nestel, and M. Campbell, 87–101. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, IDRC-142e. 143 pg. [Presents a framework in which cassava-based cropping systems research may be set. Reviews economic considerations related to crops grown in intercropping patterns. Argues that research aimed at developing improved cassava-based cropping systems should be based on farm-focused studies as opposed to research station studies.]
Flores, D. M., V. V. Garcia, and I. Uritani. 1983. The relationship between methods of making cassava flour and coumarin formation during drying. J. of the Japanese Society of Food Science Technology 30:175–177. [Reports on the drying of cassava roots into cassava chips and then making the chips into flour.]
Floyd, B. 1969. Eastern Nigeria: A geographical review. London: MacMillan and Co. Ltd. [Provides examples of intercropping with cassava in Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Zaire.]
Floyd, Troy S. 1973. The Columbus dynasty in the Caribbean 1492–1526. Albuquerque, N.M.: Univ. of New Mexico Press. [Points out that the choice of cassava bread as a staple may have been forced upon early Spanish colonists, pg. 26.]
Fonesca, J. P. da. 1934. Relação das principaes pragas observadas nos anos de 1931, 1932 e 1933, nas plantas de major cultivo no Estado de São Paulo. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico 5:263–289. [Reports that the hornworm caterpillar which destroys cassava is found in Brazil. Written in Portuguese.]
Fonesca, J. P. da. 1942. Mandarova da mandioca. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico 8:210–215. [Describes enemies of the eggs and caterpillars of the genus Erinnyis which destroys cassava. Written in Portuguese.]
Fontenelle, J. B. 1936. A mandioca. Campo, Brasil. 7(74):52–54. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:8. Written in Portuguese.]
Foo, L. C., and M. Y. Chew. 1972. Malaysian Agricultural J. 48:347. [Examines the cyanide content of cassava leaves.]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1954. Food compostion tables - minerals and vitamins for international use. Rome, 35, 48. [Estimates vitamin and mineral content of fresh cassava leaves.]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1963. Production yearbook 17. Rome. [Estimates that the yield of cassava is about 10 times that of wheat.]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1966. Production yearbook 20. Rome. [Provides a table for wholesale prices of cassava in Malaysia between 1952 and 1965. The wholesale prices show a tendency for decline.]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1967. Production yearbook 21. Rome. [Compares cassava yields for selected countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1968. Production yearbook 22. Rome. [Estimates that 300 million people in the world depend on cassava as a staple food.]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1969. Production yearbook 23. Rome. [Reports that cassava is the seventh largest producer of staple food in the world. Provides a table of the world production of cassava.]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1970. Amino-acid content of foods and biological data on proteins. Nutritional Studies 24. Rome. [Provides data on the amino-acid content of cassava. (See Hendershott, et al., 1972, 112–113, for reprint of table.)]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1971. Production yearbook 25. Rome. [Estimates that in Africa, about thirty million tons of cassava are produced annually on about five million ha. Contains food balance sheets on cassava consumption for 1964–1966.]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1980a. Production yearbook 34. Rome. [States that cassava is the most important staple tropical root crop.]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1980b. Food balance sheets 1975–1977 average. Rome. [Provides information on the uses and relative importance of cassava in different countries.]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1982. Production yearbook 36. Rome. [States that cassava is the major root crop of the Latin American lowland tropics.]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1981. Production yearbook 35. Rome. [Compares cassava productivity on a global basis.]
Food balance sheet of the Philippines. 1966. The Statistical Reporter 10(1):1–14; 10(4):1–7. National Economic Council. [Provides data on the production, use, and consumption of cassava in the Philippines.]
Food balance sheet of the Philippines. 1967. The Statistical Reporter 11(4):1–10. National Economic Council. [Provides data on the production, use, and consumption of cassava in the Philippines.]
Food balance sheet of the Philippines. 1968. The Statistical Reporter 12(4):1–10. National Economic Council. [Provides data on the production, use, and consumption of cassava in the Philippines.]
Food balance sheet of the Philippines. 1969. The Statistical Reporter 15(4):1–11. National Economic Council. [Provides data on the production, use, and consumption of cassava in the Philippines.]
Food balance sheet of the Philippines. 1972. The Statistical Reporter 16(1):1–10. National Economic Council. [Provides data on the production, use, and consumption of cassava in the Philippines.]
Food composition tables for international use. 1953. FAO, 23. [Provides data on the average composition of fresh cassava roots.]
Food composition tables - minerals and vitamins for international use. 1954. FAO, 30. [Provides data on the average composition of fresh cassava roots.]
Forno, D. A., C. J. Asher, and D. G. Edwards. 1973. Physiological studies on the mineral nutrition of cassava, Manihot esculenta, Crantz. St. Lucia, Australia: Univ. of Queensland. 6 pg.
Forno, D. A., C. J. Asher, and D. G. Edwards. 1976. Mist propagation of cassava tip cuttings for nutritional studies: Effects of substrata calcium concentration, temperature and shading. Tropical Agriculture 58(1):47–55. Trinidad. [Describes the effects of fertilizer and climate on cassava production.]
Forno, D. A., C. J. Asher, D. G. Edwards, and J. P. Evenson. 1973. Paper presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Tropical Root Crops, 2–9 Dec. 1973. [Examines the mineral nutrition of cassava.]
Forsteneichner. 1932. Die Mosaikkranhheit des manioks. Tropenflanzer 35:439.
Foster, J. F., and R. L. Smith. 1953. Potentiometric iodine titration of branched starch fractions. Iowa State J. of Science 27:467–477. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:215–216.]
Francis, E. 1878. On prussic acid from cassava. The Analyst 2:4–7. [Established the presence of HCN in sweet and bitter cassava.]
Franco do Amaral, J. 1942. Estudo da organismo caudor da bacteriose da mandioca. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico 13:119–126. São Paulo. [Written in Portuguese.]
Franco do Amoral, J., and L. G. De Basconcellos. 1945. Novos estudos do agenta etidogico da bacteriose da mandioca. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico 16:361–368. São Paulo. [Written in Portuguese.]
Franco, J. A. A., A. A. F. Tavora Filho, P. G. M. de Queirz Filho, and F. A. Nogueira. 1972. Perspectiva de Desenvolvimento do Nordeste Até 1980. Fortaleza, Ceará: Banco do Nordeste do Brasil, Departamento de Estudos Económicos. [Claims that as much as 4.8 million tons of cassava roots are fed annually to animals in Northeast Brazil. Written in Portuguese.]
Francois, E. 1937a. La mosaique du manioc. Bulletin Economique de Madagascar 10:147–153. [Written in French.]
Francois, E. 1937b. Un grave péril la “mosaique” du manioc. Agronomie Coloniale 26(236):33–38. [Written in French.]
Frappa, C. 1937. Description du Bemisia manihotis n. sp. (Hem. Hom Aleureodidae) nuisible au manioc a Madagascar. Bulletin Economique de Madagascar 11:267–268. [Written in French.]
Frappa, C. 1938. Les insectes nuisibles au manioc sur pied et aux tubercules de manioc en magasin à Madagascar. Revue Bot. Appl. 18:17–29, 104–109. [Reports that scale insects Saissetia sp. and Lepidosaphes sp. occur as pests on cassava in Madagascar. Lists thirteen genera of insects that were pests of dried stored cassava. Written in French.]
Frateur, J. L. 1913. Etude sur l’emploie du manioc dans l’engraissement du porc. Rapports et Communications Ruraux, Bruxelles, 5:87–118. Belgium: Ministère de l’Agriculture et des Travaux Publiques. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:196. Written in French.]
Frazão, D. A. C., A. K. O. Homma, and E. B. de Andrade. 1980. Aspectos econômicos em sistemas de produção com culturas alimentares para agricultores de baixa renda na Microregiâo Bragantina, Pará. Boletim de Pesquisa, Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Trópico Umido, EMBRAPA, Brazil 6. 13 pg. [Examines the economic aspects of food crop production systems of low-income farmers in the Bragança microregion of Pará. Recommends a cassava-maize cropping system in rotation with cowpeas. Written in Portuguese.]
Freeman, A. G. 1969. Vitamin-B12 deficiency and diabetic neuropathy. Lancet 2:963. [Discusses neurological problems resulting from chronic exposure to cyanide.]
Freire, J. R. J. 1951. Considerações sôbre o problema de bacteriosé da mandioca. Revista Agronômica 15:103–104. Porto Alegre. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:115. Written in Portuguese.]
Freire, J. R. J. 1955. Considerações acerca da provável identidade entre bacterium robice Bour. e Xanthomonas manihotis. Agron. 6:111–117. Porto Alegre, Brazil. [Written in Portuguese.]
Freivalds, J. 1982. Farm fiction: The feasibility studies for cassava production and processing in Espiritu Santo, Brasil. Agribusiness Worldwide 3(6):10–13. [Reports on the lack of success in operating cassava drying plants.]
French, M. H. 1938. The nutritive value of cassava roots. Annual report 1937, 81–82. Tanganyika, Tanzania: Department of Veterinary Science. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:196.]
Fresco, L. O. 1986. Cassava in shifting cultivation, a systems approach to agricultural technology development in Africa. Amsterdam: Royal Tropical Institute.
Fresco, Louise. 1982a. Ameliorations dans la production de manioc sur sols pauvres. Unpublished ms. [Discusses varieties of cassava. Written in French.]
Fresco, Louise. 1982b. Les femmes et la production de manioc. Rapport fondé sur les travaux de deux projets PNUD/FAO: ZAI/78/001 et ZAI/81/017. Kikwit, Zaïre. [Discusses the role of women in food production. Written in French.]
Fresco, Louise. 1984. Women and cassava production: An approach to improving agricultural productivity in rural Zaire. FSSP Newletter 2(2). Gainesville, Fl.: Univ. of Florida. [Summarized by Phylo Evangelou who states that the main objective was to test ways of improving the traditional methods of cassava production. The staple food is cassava porridge luku and the majority of the agricultural labor is performed by women.]
Frikel, P. 1959. Agricultura dos índios munduruku. Belém: Boletim do Museu Paranese Emilio Geoldi, Antropologia 4. [Reports ten cassava cultivars for the Munduruku of Brazil, 33.]
Frohlich, G., and W. Rodewald. 1970. Pests and diseases of tropical crops and their control. Toronto: Pergamon Press. 371 pg. [Reports that Teranychus sp. are pests of cassava in Ghana. States that larvae of weevils belonging to the genus Coelosternus causes a decrease in root quality and production. Includes a discussion of Uromyces a foliar fungus which is pathogenic on cassava and causes leaf and stem rust.]
Frohlich, G., et al. 1970. Yuca o mandioca. Enfermedades y plagas de las plantas tropicales; descripción y lucha, 179–182. Leipzig, Alemania. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:107–108. Written in Spanish.]
Fruit, vegetable and root crops - review of TDRI activities. 1986. Tropical Development and Research Institute Annual report. London: TDRI. [Provides an overview of TDRI research on cassava. Reports on research on postharvest storage, processing, and marketing of cassava.]
Fukuba, H. 1982. On the determination of cyanogenic glucosides in cassava (focusing on isotachoelectrophoretic works). Abstracts of papers, 48. Annual Meeting of Japanese Soc. of Nutrition and Food Sci., Tokyo, May 1982.
Fukuba, H., and E. M. T. Mendoza. 1982. Determination of cyanide in cassava and cassava products. Bio-resources investigation on production, storage, processing, and vegetation of root crops in the tropics - 1981-Interim Report, ed. by I. Uritani, and E. D. Reyes, 48–62. Nagoya, Japan: Nagoya Univ. Coop. [Reports large variations in cyanide content and linamarase activity among roots, even from the same plant.]
Fukuba, H., and E. M. T. Mendoza. 1984a. Determination of cyanide in cassava. Tropical root crops: Postharvest physiology and processing, ed. by I. Uritani, and E. D. Reyes, 171–181. Tokyo: Japan Scientific Societies Press. [Examines cyanide contents of cassava tubers and leaves by three different methods: alkaline picrate, pyridine-pyrazolone, and isotachoelectrophoretic. Reports that the cyanide contents determined by the alkaline picrate method were higher than the other methods.]
Fukuba, H., and E. M. T. Mendoza. 1984b. Intestinal absorption of linamarin - the main cyanogenic glucoside in cassava. Tropical root crops: Postharvest physiology and processing, ed. by I. Uritani, and E. D. Reyes, 313–317. Tokyo: Japan Scientific Societies Press. [Investigates the absorption of linamarin by the intestinal tract of albino rats. Points out that free cyanide originates from the cyanogenic glucosides, linamarin, and lotaustralin.]
Fukuba, H., and E. S. Data. 1984. Root crop survey in Mindanao. Tropical root crops: Postharvest physiology and processing, ed. by I. Uritani, and E. D. Reyes, 31–34. Tokyo: Japan Scientific Societies Press. [Reports the results of a survey on the cultivation and utilization of root crops, especially cassava, in the Philippines. Claims that Java Brown is the main cultivar in one area. Reports on cassava starch factories.]
Fukuba, H., O. Igarashi, C. M. Briones, and E. M. T. Mendoza. 1982. Determination and detoxification of cyanide in cassava and cassava products. Philippine J. of Crop Science 7(3):170–175. [Uses a spectrophotometric method to determine cyanide content in leaves, roots, and cassava products.]
Fukuba, H., O. Igarashi, C. M. Briones, and E. M. T. Mendoza. 1984. Cyanogenic glucosides in cassava and cassava products: Determination and detoxification. Tropical root crops: Postharvest physiology and processing, ed. by I. Uritani, and E. D. Reyes, 225–234. Tokyo: Japan Scientific Societies Press. [Examines the total and free cyanide content of the roots and leaves of 11 varieties of cassava using an enzymatic assay. Mentions indigenous names of pastries in the Philippines which are made from cassava. Also reports on the efficacy of precooking and cooking techniques for lowering the toxicity of cassava or its products.]
Fukuba, H., Y. Abe, and E. M. T. Mendoza. 1983. Intestinal absorption of linamarin. Abstracts of papers, 134. Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science, Osaka, May 1983.
Fullerton, J. 1929. Tapioca meal as food for pigs. J. Ministry of Agron. Great Britian 36:130–136. [Points out the value of cassava in swine diets.]
Fumagalli, A. 1975. Guatemala (cassava germplasm). The International Exchange and Testing of Cassava Germ Plasm. Proceedings of an interdisciplinary workshop, Palmira, Colombia, 1975, ed. by B. Nestel, and R. MacIntyre, 21–22. Ottawa, Canada: IDRC. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:150.]
Fundação Getulio Vargas. 1970. Food consumption in Brazil: Family budget surveys in the early 1960s. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Fundação Getúlio Vargas. [Provides information on the percent of calories derived from fresh cassava and cassava flour in different areas of Brazil.]
Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia Estatistica. 1978. Estudo Nacional de Despesa Familiar - Endef Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [Points out that cassava is among the least expensive available sources of calories. Written in Portuguese.]
Furness, William Henry. 1902. The home-life of Borneo head-hunters: Its festivals and folk-lore. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. [Describes the methods used by the Punan of Sarawak, Malaysia for preparing cassava for consumption.]
Furtado, M. J., et al. 1978. Sistema de Cultivo de yuca, Manihot esculenta, Crantz, en hileras dobles. Conferencia presentada en el curso sobre producción de yuca. Cali, Colombia: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT). [Suggests planting double rows of cassava, leaving space between double rows for intercropping. This is reported to give cassava yields equal to or slightly greater than traditional planting systems. Written in Spanish.]
Gadabu, A. D. 1979. Citrus and cassava pest survey. Unpublished ms.
Galang, F. C. 1931. Experiments on cassava at the Lamao Experiment Station, Lamao, Bataan. Philippine Agr. 28(9):762–770. [Provides evidence that different varieties of cassava grown under similar conditions have very different yielding ability.]
Gallegos, R. 1976. Evaluación de producción agronómica y biomasa en sistemas de producción que incluyen yuca, Manihot esculenta, Crantz. Turrialba, Costa Rica. M.S. thesis. [Reports on values of leaf area in Turrialba. Written in Spanish.]
Galli, F., et al. 1968. Doenças da mandioca, Manihot utilissima, Pohl. Manual de fitopatologia. Doenças das plantas e seu controle. São Paulo: Bibliotera Agronômica Ceres. 640 pg. [Written in Portuguese.]
Garcia, B. J., and A. Montaldo. 1971. Agronomía Tropical 21:25. Maracay, Venezuela. [Examines the water requirements of cassava.]
Garcia Reyes, F. 1974. Producción de 25 variedades de yuca en zona cafetera. Cenicafé 25(3):84–89. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:97. Written in Spanish.
Garcia, V. V., and H. Fukuba. 1984. Root crops survey in Luzon: Survey on root crops and factory visits in Luzon. Tropical root crops: Postharvest physiology and processing, ed. by I. Uritani, and E. D. Reyes, 3–8. Tokyo: Japan Scientific Societies Press. [Reports results of a root crop survey in the Philippines. Mentions the production of cassava starch. States that cassava is sometimes infected with aflatoxin in the Philippines.]
Garcia, V. V., D. M. Flores, and I. Uritani. 1984. Changes in coumarin and phenol contents and peroxidase activity depending on the drying methods of cassava root slices. J. of the Japanese Society of Food Science Technology 31(3). [Reports on the drying of cassava roots into cassava chips and then making the chips into flour.]
Garcia, V. V., D. M. Flores, O. B. Lapitan, and I. Uritani. 1984. Correlation of coumarin and phenol contents and peroxidase activity in flours from stored cassava roots with the food quality. J. of the Japanese Society of Food Science Technology.
Garcia, V. V., O. B. Lapitan, D. M. Flores, and I. Uritani. 1984a. Changes in coumarin and phenol content and peroxidase activity as affected by drying methods for cassava root slices and their relation to food quality. Tropical root crops: Postharvest physiology and processing, ed. by I. Uritani, and E. D. Reyes, 299–309. Tokyo: Japan Scientific Societies Press. [Investigates the relationship between methods of making cassava flour and the biochemical changes occurring during drying.]
Garcia, V. V., O. B. Lapitan, D. M. Flores, and I. Uritani. 1984b. Relationship between secondary metabolism changes depending on methods of chip-preparation from cassava roots and the food quality. Abstracts of papers, Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo, March 1984.
Gartner, J. J. 1975. Métodos de cosecha y almacenamiento de exportación de yuca. Curso sobre producción de yuca, 135–148. Medellín: Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario, Regional 4. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:84. Written in Spanish.]
Gartner, J. J., and O. Perez. 1975. Producción de yuca. Curso sobre producción de yuca, 19–34. Medellín: Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario, Regional 4. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:84. Written in Spanish.]
Gatel, P. 1978. Manioc: échec à l’organisation du marché céréalier européen? Production Agricole Français 54(232):7–12. [Reports on the role of cassava in the organization of the European cereal market. Provides economic data on cassava. Written in French.]
Gaviria, M. H. 1957. Cultivo de la yuca. Agricultura Tropical 13:429. Colombia. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:50. Written in Spanish.]
Geertz, Clifford. 1963. Agricultural involution: The process of ecological change in Indonesia. California. [Describes problems of the cassava economy in Java.]
Gerpacio, A. L. 1980. Chemical and biological evaluation of root crops with emphasis on cassava, Manihot esculenta, as animal/poultry feed. Second Annual Report, NSDB-UPS-B-7812 Ag. 32 pg. [Analyzes the cyanide content of thirty-one cultivars using the autolytic method.]
Ghesquiére, M. J. 1932. Sur la ‘mycosphaerellose’ des feuilles du manioc. Bulletin des Séances-Institut Royal Colonial Belge 3(1):160–178. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:120. Written in French.]
Ghesquiére, M. J. 1934. Un calliceratide nouveau do Congo Belge. Ann. Soc. Royal Zool. Belgique 65:59–62. [Written in French.]
Ghesquiére, M. J., and J. Henrard. 1924. Sphaeriacée nouvelle des feuilles du manioc au Congo Belge. Reprinted from Rev. Zool. Afr. 12(4), Suppl. Bot. 2 pg. [Written in French.]
Ghosh, B. N. 1967a. Heat and air-flow characteristics in drying crops. Proceedings of International Symposium on Tropical Root Crops 2(6):1–27. St. Augustine, Trinidad: Univ. of the West Indies. [States that for industrial purposes, the cassava harvest is dried without prior cooking to a moisture content of 12–14 percent. Claims that for consumption purposes the thickness of raw cassava chips should not be less than 1.8 cm (3/4") because of rehydration problems.]
Ghosh, B. N. 1967b. Recent developments in the manufacture of starch from cassava roots in Uganda. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tropical Root Crops 2(6):37–47. St. Augustine, Trinidad: Univ. of the West Indies. 2–8 April 1967. [Reports on a starch-extraction plant in Uganda.]
Ghosh, B. N. 1968. The manufacture of starch from cassava roots in Uganda. African Agriculture and Forestry J. 34:78–83. [Notes that as roots increase in age their starch content declines.]
Gilchrest, D. G., W. E. Lueschen, and C. N. Hittle. 1967. Revised method for the preparation of standards in the sodium picrate assay of HCN. Crop Science 7:267–268. [The picrate test has been used for the detection and quantitative assay of cyanide in cassava.]
Gill, J. 1980. Foreword. Role of cassava in the etiology of endemic goitre and cretinism, ed. by A. M. Ermans, N. M. Mbulamoko, F. Delange, and R. Ahluwalia, 5. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, IDRC-136e. 182 pg. [Points out that cassava contains linamarin which when acted upon by the enzyme linamarase contained in the plant, forms cyanide which is predominantly converted to thiocyanate in humans. Thiocyanate is a goitrogenic agent. Claims that the data presented in this book confirm that the prevalence of goiter is related to the balance between thiocyanate and iodine intake. States that varieties of cassava which contain minimal amounts of linamarin need to be developed.]
Gillin, John. 1936. The Barama River Caribs of British Guiana. Papers of the Peabody Musuem of American Archaeology and Ethnology 14(2). Cambridge. [Claims that the Barama store cassava up to three months.]
Giraldo, C. C. 1970. Observaciones experimentales de campo como aporte al estudio del posible influjo de las fases lunares en el cultivo de la yuca. Tesis. Ing. Agr. Manizales, Colombia: Univ. de Caldas, Facultad de Agronomía. 36 pg. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:18–19. Written in Spanish.]
Girling, D. J. 1978. Report on a visit to Zaire to release natural enemies of cassava pests. London: Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control. 3 pg.
Girling, D. J. 1979. Report on a visit to the People’s Republic of Congo to advise on the biological control of the mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti. London: Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control. 5 pg.
Glaser, H. J., and F. C. Ogbodu. 1974. Problems and experiences of plant protection extension in the control of cassava bacterial blight disease in East Central State of Nigeria. Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Cassava Bacterial Blight in Nigeria, Umudike, Nigeria, 1974, ed. by E. U. Okpala, and H. J. Glaser, 44–51. Umudike, Nigeria: Federal Agricultural Research and Training Station. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:115.]
Gloria, L. A., and I. Uritani. 1984. Changes in B-carotene content of Golden Yellow cassava in relation to physiological deterioration. Tropical root crops: Postharvest physiology and processing, ed. by I. Uritani, and E. D. Reyes, 163–168. Tokyo: Japan Scientific Societies Press. [Deals with changes in B-carotene content in Golden Yellow cassava roots in relation to physiological deterioration.]
Godfrey-Sam-Aggrey, W. 1973. Paper presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Tropical Root Crops, 2–9 Dec. 1973. [Reports on cassava yield in Sierra Leone.]
Godfrey-Sam-Aggrey, W., and H. S. Bundu. 1972. Growing and fertilizing cassava in three cropping systems on upland soils of Sierra Leone. Univ. of Sierra Leone, Njala Univ. College, Circular 6. 19 pg. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:64.]
Gody, J. M. de. 1940a. Fecularia e amidonaria. São Paulo, Brasil: Technologia Agrícola. [Claims that sweet varieties of cassava grown in one region can become bitter under different conditions of climate and altitude. Written in Portuguese.]
Gody, J. M. de. 1940b. Tecnologia agrícola fecularia e amindonaria. São Paulo, Brasil: Secretaria da Agricultura, Industria e Comercio do Estado de São Paulo, 2nd ed. 288 pg. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:84–85. Written in Portuguese.]
Goering, J. 1979. Tropical root crops and rural development. World Bank Staff Working Paper 324. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. [Points out that cassava is among the least expensive available sources of calories. States that there is a great demand for cassava as food and animal feed.]
Golato, C. 1963. Cercospora henningsii on manioca in Nigeria. Rivista di Agricoltura Subtropicale e Tropicale 57:60–66. [Written in Italian.]
Golato, C. 1967. Manioca (Manihot utilissima Pohl = Jatropha manihot L.). Mallattie delle piante coltivate in Somalia, 20–23. Firenze, Italy: Instituto Agronomico per l’Oltramare. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:120. Written in Italian.]
Golato, C. 1971. Virosi della manioca in Ghana. Rivista di Agricoltura Subtropicale e Tropicale 65(7-9):281–286. [Discusses mosaic disease in Ghana. Written in Italian.]
Golato, C., and E. Meossi. 1966. Una nueva malattia fogliare della manioca in Somalia. Rivista di Agricoltura Subtropicale e Tropicale 60:182–186. Firenze, Italy: Instituto Agronomico per l’Oltremare. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:120–121. Written in Italian.]
Gold Coast. 1953. Official government statistics, agricultural statistical survey of Southeast Akim Abuakawa. Stat. and Econ. Papers 1 (September). [Reports the results of a dietary survey in Ghana which indicates that 38–47% of the total calories consumed was contributed to cassava.]
Golding, F. D. 1935. A probable vector of cassava mosaic in Southern Nigeria. Tropical Agriculture 12(8):215. Trinidad.
Golding, F. D. 1936a. Bemisia nigeriensis, Corb., a vector of cassava mosaic in Southern Nigeria. Tropical Agriculture 13:182–186. Trinidad.
Golding, F. D. 1936b. Cassava mosaic in Sothern Nigeria. 11th Bulletin of Agricultural Department Nigeria, 1–10. [Points out the effect of mosaic virus on cassava yield.]
Goldman, Irving. 1979. The Cubeo: Indians of the Northwest Amazon. Urbana, Il.: Univ. of Illinois Press. [Points out that the main staple of the Cubeo is cassava. States that cassava cultivation is mainly women’s work and describes indigenous methods of preparation and terms.]
Gómez, G., D. De la Cuesta, M. Valdivieso, and K. Kawano. 1980. Contenido de cianuto total y libre en parenquima y cascara de raíces de diez variedades promisorias de yuca. Turrialba, Costa Rica. 30:361–365. [Examines cyanide content ratio in the peel and parenchyma for ten varieties of cassava. Written in Spanish.]
Gómez da Silva, J., G. E. Serra, J. R. Moreira, J. C. Goncalves, and J. Goldemberg. 1978. Energy balance for ethyl alcohol production from crops. Science 201:903–906. [Examines the possibility for using cassava as an energy source.]
Gómez, G., and J. A. Buitrago. 1982. Effect of processing on nutrient content of feeds: Root crops. Handbook of nutritive value of processed food II. Animal feedstuffs, ed. by M. Rechcigl, 221–237. Boca Raton, Fl.: CRC Press. [Reviews the effects of postharvest technology and processing on the chemical composition of roots and their nutritive value with emphasis on animal feeds. Discusses various cassava-based products. States that cassava varieties are normally classified as sweet or bitter according to their cyanide content.]
Gómez, G., and M. Valdivieso. 1983a. The effect of variety and plant age on cyanide content, chemical composition and quality of cassava roots. Nutrition Reports International 27(4):857–865. [Presents data on dry matter, starch, sugars, protein, fiber, and other constituents. Examines the relationship between cyanide level and time of harvest.]
Gómez, G., and M. Valdivieso. 1983b. Changes in cyanide content of cassava tissues as affected by plant age and variety. Proceedings of the 6th Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops, Lima, Peru, February 1983. [Describes growth conditions for cassava.]
Gómez, G., C. Camacho, and J. H. Maner. 1976. Utilización de yuca fresca y harina de yuca en alimentación porcina. Memoria Seminario Int. de Ganadería Tropical, 91–102. Acapulco. [Deals with the use of cassava as an energy source during the different stages of the life cycle of pigs.]
Gómez, G., J. Santos, and M. Valdivieso. 1982. Utilización de raíces y productos de yuca en alimentación animal. Yuca: Investigación, producción y utilización. Referencias de los cursos de capacitación sobre yuca dictados por el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, 539–566. [Discusses the use of cassava meal in the animal feed industry.]
Gómez, G., M. Valdivieso, D. de la Cuesta, and K. Kawano. 1984. Cyanide content in whole-root chips of ten cassava cultivars and its reduction by oven drying or sun drying on trays. J. of Food Technology 19:97–102.
Gómez, J. de C., and R. H. Howeler. 1980. Cassava production in low fertility soils. Proceedings of a workshop on cassava cultural practices, held at Bahia, Brazil, ed. by Weber, Torro, and Graham, 93–102. Ottawa, Canada: IDRC. IDRC-151e.
Gómez-Menor, O. 1941. Cóccidos de la República Dominicana (Hem. Cocc.). Eos 16(1940):125–143. [Reports that scale insects Saissetia sp. and Lepidosaphes sp. occur as pests on cassava in Dominican Republic.]
Gondwe, A. T. D. 1974. Studies on the hydrocyanic acid contents of some local varieties of cassava, Manihot esculenta, Crantz, and some traditional cassava food products. East African Agricultural and Forestry J. 40(2):161–167. [Examines four varieties of cassava for the HCN content.]
Gonzalez, A. de J. 1933. Cultivo y utilización de la yuca como alimento del ganado. Revista de Agricultura, Comercio y Trabajo 14(10):98–103. Cuba. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:196–197. Written in Spanish.]
Gonzalez, J. A., et al. 1974. El cultivo de la yuca en Venezuela. Maracay, Venezuela: Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Sección de Fitopatología. 18 pg. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:85. Written in Spanish.]
Gopal, T. K. S., and R. Sadasivam. 1973. A note on the variability of cynogenic glucoside content in cassava tuber var. Malavella at different stages of maturity. South Indian Horticulture 21(3):111–112. [Examines the HCN content in the peel and pulp of one variety of cassava roots at age 7–11 months. States that HCN content increased from the 7th month on, reaching maximum value in the 9th month and then declining.]
Gopalakrishna Rao, N., et al. 1961. Studies on enriched tapioca macaroni products. III. Over-all growth promoting value. Food Science 19(12):383–385. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:168.]
Gopinathan Nair, V., and P. Kumara Pillai. 1967. Further observations on a tapioca graft-hybrid. Agricultural Research J. of Kerala 4(1):106. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:19.]
Gouin, R. 1936. L’utilisation du manioc dan lállaitement artificial des veaux. J. dÁgriculture Pratique 66:281–283. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:197. Written in French.]
Grace, M. 1971. Cassava processing. Agricultural Service Bulletin 8. Rome, Italy: FAO. [Points out that tubers, which are left unharvested for prolonged periods, become more fibrous and woody and their starch content declines. Discusses cassava processing equipment and also labor and capital requirements. Provides a list of ways in which cassava is prepared.]
Graner, E. A. 1935. Contribuição para o estudo cytológico da mandioca. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba. 28 pg. [Examines the diploid chromosome number in cassava cultivars.]
Graner, E. A. 1940. Tratemento da mandioca pela colchicinão. I. Nota preliminar sobre poliploidia indicada pela diferenca de tamanho dos estomatos. J. Agronômico 3:83–98. Piracicaba. [Reports the results of inducing colchiploids in cassava.]
Graner, E. A. 1941. Polyploid cassava induced by colchicine treatment. J. Heredity 32:281–288. [Reports the results of inducing colchiploids in cassava.]
Graner, E. A. 1942a. Tratemento da mandioca pela colchicine. II. Formas poliploides obtidas. Bragantia 2:23–54. [Reports the results of inducing colchiploids in cassava.]
Graner, E. A. 1942b. Genética de Manihot. Bragantia 2:13–19. [States that in cassava a narrow lobe leaf is dominant to wide lobe leaf, and dark skin roots are dominant to light skin roots.]
Graner, E. A. 1944. Genética de Manihot. Bragantia 2:13–22. [Found that high cyanide-yielding varieties turned into low cyanide-yielding when grown in different regions of Brazil.]
Graner, E. A. 1958. Contribaco para o estudo do adubação da mandioca. Revista de Agr. Piracicaba. 33(4):205–212. [Written in Portuguese.]
Graner, E. A., and J. T. M. Abrahao. 1970. Cultura da mandioca. Piracicaba, Brasil: Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Dept. de Agr. e Horticultura. 24 pg. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:50. Written in Portuguese.]
Graner, E. A., et al. 1944. A mandioca e o seu valor nutritivo. Hospital 26(6):879–894. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:168–169. Written in Portuguese.]
Grant, W. F. 1974. Cassava chemotaxonomic classification study; progress report, November 1974. Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Canada: McGill Univ., Genetics Lab. 20 pg. [Classifies the CIAT cassava germplasm collection into groups in order to identify material and facilitate comparisons of material from different geographic areas.]
Gray, W. D. 1966. Fungal protein for food and feeds. I. Introduction. Economic Botany 20:89–93. [Discusses microbial conversion of cassava carbohydrate to protein.]
Gray, W. D., and M. O. Abou-El-Seoud. 1966. Fungal protein for food and feeds. III. Manioc as a potential crude raw material for tropical areas. Economic Botany 20(3):251–255. [Suggests that it is possible to increase the protein content of cassava by a factor of 6–8.]
Greenstreet, V. R., and J. Lambourne. 1933. Tapioca in Malaya. General Series 13, Department of Agriculture, Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Kyle, Palmer and Co. 76 pg. [Discusses the range of cyanogen content in the edible tubers. Suggests that stale cassava can be more toxic than fresh. Claims that HCN content of sweet varieties is lower than that of bitter varieties. Reports that Teranychus sp. are pests of cassava in Malaysia and recommends a pest control method.]
Gregory, K. F., and A. E. Reade. 1973. Personal communication to IDRC. Guelph, Canada: Univ. of Guelph, Microbiology Dep. [Reports on a process which has a potential for producing animal feed of 15% protein content from cassava at a relatively low cost. (Nestel 1974:11.)]
Groot, A. 1960. Investigations of the feeding value of potato, potato leaves and cassava leaves. Report R1131, Central Institute for Nutrition Research, TNO Utrecht, Netherlands.
Grossman, J. 1945. A cultura da mandioca no Rio Grande do Sul. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía 42:43–75. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:85–86. Written in Portuguese.]
Grossman, J., and A. G. de Freitas. 1950. Determinação de teôr de matéria sêca pelo método de pêso específico em raíces de mandioca. Revista Agronômica 14:75–80. Porto Alegre, Brazil. [Reports on a method for measuring the specific gravity of cleaned roots. Written in Portuguese.]
Grossman, J., and J. A. de Assis. 1951. Ensaios de adubação. Revista Agronômica 15:169–173. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:64–65. Written in Portuguese.]
Guernelli, O. 1952. Estudo sôbre as possibilidades de enriquecimento da farinha de mandioca. Trabalhos e Pesquisas. Inst. de Nutr., Univ. do Brasil. [Estimates vitamin and mineral content of some cassava products. Written in Portuguese.]
Guignard, M. L. 1895. Sur l’existenceet la localisation de l’émulsine dans les plantes du genre Manihot. Compte Rendu de l’Association Française pour l’Avancement des Sciences 23(2):593–596. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:29. Written in French.]
Guignard, M. L. 1906. Le haricot à acide cyanhydrique, Phaseolus lunatus L. Comptes Rendus de l’Acad. des Sci. 142:545–553. Paris. [Explains a test for cyanide based on the reaction of alkaline picrate paper with HCN. The picrate test is used for the detection and quantitative assay of cyanide in cassava.]
Guillén, R. D., and F. Quintero. 1975. Costos de producción. Mercado del producto fresco y elaborado. Primer seminario nacional sobre yuca. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía 22:75–86. Alcance, Venezuela. [States that production costs of cassava per ton are 1/6 to 1/8 of those of rice and maize in Venezuela. Written in Spanish.]
Guimaraes, F. 1937. Contribuição ao estudo químico-industrial das mandiocas brasileiras. Revista de la Sociedad Brasileira de Química 6:160–172. [Describes the characteristics and chemical composition of five varieties of cassava which were analyzed for their quality and yield of starch and flour for breadmaking. Written in Portuguese.]
Guimaraes, M. L., and M. S. Cresta de Barros. 1972. Bol. Div. Tech. Agr. Alimen., Brazil 4:4. [State that the addition of carotene to cassava based poultry feed might not be necessary in areas where yellow cassava is produced.]
Guiran, G. de. 1965. Nématodes associés au manioc dans le sud du Togo. Congrés de la Protection des Cultures Tropicales, Marseille, Comptes Rendus, 677–680. [Examines forty-two cassava clones for resistance to Pratylenchus brachyurus (nematode). Claims that certain nematodes are frequently found on cassava in Togo.]
Gurnah, A. M. 1973. Paper presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Tropical Root Crops, 2–9 Dec. 1973. [Reports on cassava yield in Kenya.]
Gurnah, A. M. 1974. Effects of method of planting and the length and types of cuttings on yield and some yield components of cassava, Manihot esculenta, Crantz, grown in the forest zone of Ghana. Ghana J. of Agricultural Science 7:103–108.
Gutierrez, N. A., and P. P. Anderson 1972. La importancia relativa de frijol, maíz, arroz, yuca y carne en la zona tropical. Internal Report, CIAT. [States that cassava is grown almost exclusively (97%) in the tropics. Written in Spanish.]
Gutierreza, L. E. 1980. Nitrogen storage in cassava roots and stems during natural physiological rest period. O Solo 1:15–20.
Guzman R., V. H. 1975. Intoxicación crónica por ácido cianhídrico en ratas y su interacción con la proteína y el tiosulfato de sodio de la dieta. Tesis. Mag. Sci. Bogotá, Colombia: Univ. Nacional, Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario. 175 pg. [Spanish abstract in Resumenes Analíticos Sobre Yuca II:208–209. Written in Spanish.]