Comparisons of cassava cultivars and clone for fresh matter production

Abstract

The present work was carried out for the purpose of studying Manihot esculenta, Crantz cultivars and clone for fresh matter production. The cassava cultivars used were 'Milagrosa', 'Salangor Preta', 'Aipim Bravo', 'Cigana Preta', and clone 'SIPEAL-01' and they were arranged in a 5 x 5 Latin square design. According to the statistical analysis the best fresh matter yields from cultivars were in function of the number of pruning and were obtained by 'SIPEAL-01', 'Milagrosa' and 'Aipim Bravo' and the highest fresh matter yields from 'Milagrosa' and 'Salangor Preta' were obtained at the 11^th , and 13^th months after planting, respectively.