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Nomination of Cassava Variety, Poundable (TMEB693), for Registration and Release for Fresh Roots Markets in Nigeria

author(s) Egesi, Chiedozie - Njoku, Damian - Parkes, Elizabeth - Kulakow, Peter
from International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
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  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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Chiedozie Egesi, Damian Njoku, Elizabeth Parkes, Peter Kulakow. (31/12/2021). Nomination of Cassava Variety, Poundable (TMEB693), for Registration and Release for Fresh Roots Markets in Nigeria
Nomination of Cassava Variety, Poundable (TMEB693), for Registration and Release for Fresh Roots Markets in Nigeria

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Abstract

The variety presented here for registration and release would serve as a replacement for older poundable or ‘boil and eat’ varieties, now out of cultivation, but persistently requested for by consumers and growers. We hereby present ‘POUNDABLE’, suitable for boiling and pounding, for registration and release as a variety to be grown by Nigerian cassava seed producers and farmers

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