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Cassava is a major tropical tuber crop found throughout the tropics (India, Oceania, Africa and Latin America). Hitherto, there has been no single text covering all aspects of cassava biology, production and utilization. This book fills that gap, representing the first comprehensive research level overview of this main staple crop. Chapters are written by leading experts in this field from all continents. The book is suitable for those working and researching in cassava, in both developed and developing countries, as well as advanced students.

We believe it is useful to restate the objectives of the Series, expressed in the preface of its first volume. The purpose is to provide agricultural researchers in each country or group of countries a substantial portion of material on beans, cassava, or tropical pastures, published in those countries, by means of a single instrument that allows for easy, organized access to the collective work of the country or region. It is also our purpose to create an inventory. Readers will find that the bibliography presented is incomplete and that references to some of their own publications, or to those of other authors they know, are missing. We encourage you to let us know about those deficiencies, and, in addition, to send us copies of missing publications, so theycan be indexed for the database and appear in future publications such as this one. We also ask you to send us the publications that you produce in the future to help us keep our document collection current.