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Abstract. Cassava is one of the most
important food crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Botanically, cassava
is a perennial woody shrub, although farmers harvest the tuberous
roots and leaves during the first or second year. Cassava is
mainly propagated from stem cuttings. The number of shoots which
develop from a stem cutting depends on several agronomic and
genetic factors. Cassava is monoecious, with male and female
flowers located on the same plant. Adventitious roots at the
base of the stem develop into a fibrous root system. A few fibrous
roots increase in diameter and become tubrous roots. |