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Cassava

Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions as an annual crop for its edible starchy…

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Cultivation

Pests and diseases

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Cassava

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Edges206
Triples271
Avg. degree1.99
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Cassava

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related to history · 39
Cassava → Americas, Baracoa, Bayamo, BC, Brazil, By, Caribbean, Cerén, Columbian, Cuban, El Salvador, Europe, European, Europeans, Forms, Gulf, Havana, It, Joya, Mass
related to Viruses · 25
Cassava → Africa, Although, An, Bemisia, Bredeson, Burundi, CBSD, Central Africa, CMD, CMV, Congo, Democratic Republic, East, Genetically, Legg, Republic, Rwanda, Several, Sometime, The
related to Food and drink · 19
Cassava → African, Alcoholic, Brazil, Caribbean, Guyana, Haitian, In Brazil, In Taiwanese, Indigenous Caribbean, It, Jamaican, Jewish, South America, Surinam, Suriname, The, There, United States, Venezuela
related to Folklore · 17
Cassava → Batara Guru, Dewi Teknowati, Guarani, In Java, In Trinidad, It, Mandi, Manioc, Maní, She, So, Sometime, The Amazonian, They, Tupi, Tupy, Tupí
related to Insects · 16
Cassava → Africa, Anagyrus, Biological Control Centre, Chilomima, Hans Rudolf Herren, IITA, In Africa, Insects, International Institute, Mononychellus, Phenacoccus, South American, The Centre, These, Tropical Agriculture, Typhlodromalus
related to Nematodes · 14
Cassava → Galls, Helicotylenchus, It, Meloidogyne, Nematicide, Nematicides, Nematode, Other, Pratylenchus, Rotylenchulus, Scutellonema, The, These, They
related to Genome · 11
Cassava → African, Although, Despite, Differentially, Genetic, Hi-C, HiFi, In, Small, The, TME204
related to Production · 10
Cassava → Africa, Congo, Democratic Republic, In, It, Nigeria, Other, South America, Thailand, These
related to Etymology · 9
Cassava → French, Guarani, Latin, Manihot, Portuguese, Spanish, Taíno, The, Tupi
related to Description · 7
Cassava → Commercial, Content, Farmers, FW, However, The, These

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cyanide roots food root used africa also starch jatropha manihot crop bitter plant pohl pests tuberous flour people south water

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Cassavais athird-largest source of carbohydrates in food in the tropics0.90text
Havanainstance ofShips departing to Europe from Cuban ports0.80text
Santiagoinstance ofShips departing to Europe from Cuban ports0.80text
Bayamoinstance ofShips departing to Europe from Cuban ports0.80text
and Baracoa carried goods to Spaininstance ofShips departing to Europe from Cuban ports0.80text
but sailors needed to be provisioned for the voyageinstance ofShips departing to Europe from Cuban ports0.80text
Vietnam fresh cassava barely features in human dietsinstance ofin Asian countries0.80text
stem borersinstance ofcan cause losses of over 80 percent of young cassava in Latin America and the Caribbean when temperature and rainfall are high.InsectsInsects0.80text
other beetlesinstance ofcan cause losses of over 80 percent of young cassava in Latin America and the Caribbean when temperature and rainfall are high.InsectsInsects0.80text
moths including Chilomima clarkeiinstance ofcan cause losses of over 80 percent of young cassava in Latin America and the Caribbean when temperature and rainfall are high.InsectsInsects0.80text
scale insectsinstance ofcan cause losses of over 80 percent of young cassava in Latin America and the Caribbean when temperature and rainfall are high.InsectsInsects0.80text
fruit fliesinstance ofcan cause losses of over 80 percent of young cassava in Latin America and the Caribbean when temperature and rainfall are high.InsectsInsects0.80text

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