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GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 201-212Publisher
SOC BRASIL GENETICA
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572000000100035
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Wild species of Manihot are progenitors of cassava. They constitute valuable genetic reservoirs presenting genes that show new characters. Screening of these species showed some of them to have a notably high percentage of protein combined with a low percentage of hydrocyanic acid. Study of natural habitats revealed resistance to drought and excessive soil aluminum toxicity as well as adaptation to low temperature. Some of the hybrids obtained showed high root productivity and resistance to stem borers. Apomixis was discovered in the wild and transferred successfully to the cultivate species.
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