Nutrient Uptake, Tuber Yield of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.) and Soil Fertility As Influenced by Organic Manures

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mohamed Amanullah . ◽  
K. Vaiyapuri . ◽  
K. Sathyamoorthi . ◽  
S. Pazhanivelan . ◽  
A. Alagesan .
2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mohamed Amanullah . ◽  
K. Sathyamoorthi . ◽  
K. Vaiyapuri . ◽  
A. Alagesan . ◽  
S. Pazhanivelan .

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Vandegeer ◽  
Rebecca E. Miller ◽  
Melissa Bain ◽  
Roslyn M. Gleadow ◽  
Timothy R. Cavagnaro

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is the staple food source for over 850 million people worldwide. Cassava contains cyanogenic glucosides and can be toxic to humans, causing paralysing diseases such as konzo, and even death if not properly processed. Konzo epidemics are often associated with times of drought. This may be due to a greater reliance on cassava as it is drought tolerant, but it may also be due to an increase in cyanogenic glucosides. Episodic droughts are forecast to become more common in many cassava-growing regions. We therefore sought to quantify the effect of water-stress on both yield and cyanogenic glucoside concentration (CNc) in the developing tubers of cassava. Five-month-old plants were grown in a glasshouse and either well watered or droughted for 28 days. A subset of droughted plants was re-watered half way through the experiment. Droughted plants had 45% fewer leaves and lower tuber yield, by 83%, compared with well-watered plants. CNc was 2.9-fold higher in the young leaves of droughted plants, whereas CNc in tubers from droughted plants was 4-fold greater than in tubers from well-watered plants. Re-watered plants had a similar biomass to control plants, and lower CNc than droughted plants. These findings highlight the important link between food quality and episodic drought.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (13) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Elda Yam-Chale ◽  
Víctor Díaz-Echeverría ◽  
Addy Chavarría-Díaz ◽  
Iván Oros-Ortega ◽  
Alfonso Chay-Canul ◽  
...  

The objective was to evaluate the production and nutritional composition of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) meal under dierent organic fertilization rates. Twenty 10 10 m plots were planted with cassava and fertilized with 0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 kg plant-1  of sugarcane lter cake (part of the waste left after processing). The variables measured were fresh and dry forage yield (FFY and DFY), fresh and dry tuber yield (FTY and DTY), meal yield (MY) and their nutritional composition. The results indicate that the organic fertilization signicantly increased the FFY, DFY, FTY, DTY and MY compared to the control. Applying 1.5 kg of organic fertilizer signicantly improved crude protein content (CP, 3.37%). Organic fertilization with 1.5 kg plant-1 of compost improved forage and tuber yield, and CP content. 


2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mohamed Amanullah . ◽  
A. Alagesan . ◽  
K. Vaiyapuri . ◽  
K. Sathyamoorthi . ◽  
S. Pazhanivelan .

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 3510-3513
Author(s):  
M Velmurugan ◽  
L Pugalendhi ◽  
S Suganya ◽  
S Manickam ◽  
PR Kamalkumaran ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabel Aparecida Soares ◽  
Mauro Sérgio Téo ◽  
Carlise DEBASTIANI ◽  
Suzymeire BARONI ◽  
Vanessa Silva RETUCI

O trabalho teve por objetivo verificar diferenças entre rendimento do concentrado proteico e proteína bruta da folha da mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz), obtidos a partir de três variedades comerciais: branca, cascuda e vermelha. As manivas foram plantadas seguindo o delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado com três repetições. Nas comparações entre as variedades, considerou coletas escalonadas pós-plantio, realizadas aos 12, 14 e 16 meses. O concentrado proteico foi obtido a partir da farinha das folhas inteiras e submetido ao método de termo - coagulação ácido e a proteína bruta pelo método padrão AOAC. Os dados foram submetidos a análise de variância e comparados pelo teste de Tukey - 5% de probabilidade. Os resultados não indicaram diferença significativa entre as médias obtidas para rendimento de concentrado proteico. Para a variável porcentagem de proteína bruta a variedade Branca foi a que apresentou maior valor, com média de 46,25%, seguida pela Cascuda e Vermelha, 44,52% e 37,30%, sucessivamente. Conclui-se que outros estudos devem avaliar condições que possam influenciar no teor de proteína foliar, como clima e solo, e, avaliar os níveis de ácido cianídrico de cada variedade, indicando qual das três é a melhor para a extração do concentrado proteico das folhas. Palavras chaves: Manihot esculenta Crantz, variedades comerciais, concentrado proteico, proteína bruta. ABSTRACT: The study aimed to assess the differences between income protein concentrate, crude protein of cassava leaf (Manihot esculenta Crantz), obtained from three commercial varieties: white, red and cascuda. The cuttings were planted following the completely randomized design with three replications. Comparisons between the varieties considered after planting staggered collections, held on 12, 14 and 16 months. The protein concentrate was obtained from flour of whole sheets and subjected to the term method - acid coagulation and crude protein by AOAC standard method. The data were submitted to ANOVA and Tukey test - 5% probability. The results indicated no significant difference between the mean values obtained for protein concentrate income. For the variable percentage of crude protein White variety showed the highest, with an average of 46.25%, followed by cascuda and Red, 44.52% and 37.30%, successively. We conclude that further studies should evaluate conditions that may affect the leaf protein content, such as climate and soil, and evaluate the hydrocyanic acid levels of each variety, indicating which of the three is the best for the extraction of protein concentrate from leaves Key words: Manihot esculenta Crantz, commercial varieties, protein concentrate, crude protein.


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