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Identification and characterization of a novel cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) clone with high free sugar content and novel starch.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Nov 2004
Carvalho Luiz Joaquim Castelo Branco, de Souza Claudia Regina Batista, de Mattos Cascardo Julio César, Junior Carlos Bloch, Campos Laura
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This study reports the identification of a new class of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) with a storage root showing unusual free sugar accumulation and novel starch. Twenty-seven clones high in free sugar were identified under cultivation in primitive rural community areas in the Amazon. Iodine test and glucose oxidase-peroxidase reagent strips were used, in the field, for identification of starch and glucose,...
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