SCS 252 Jaguaruna – a new cultivar of cassava for Santa Catarina State, Brazil

DOI: 10.52945/rac.v17i1.998
Published 2004-07-28

Authors

  • Mauro Luiz Lavina
    Epagri/Estação Experimental de Urussanga
  • Augusto Carlos Pola
    Epagri/Estação Experimental de Urussanga
  • Idelson José de Miranda
    Epagri/Estação Experimental de Urussanga
  • Murito Ternes
    Epagri/Estação Experimental de Urussanga
  • Lucas Miura
    Epagri/Estação Experimental de Itajaí
  • Renato Arcângelo Pegoraro
    Epagri/Estação Experimental de Itajaí
  • Áurea Teresa Schmitt
    Epagri/Estação Experimental de Itajaí
  • Lucio Francisco Thomazelli
    Epagri/Estação Experimental de Ituporanga
  • Mario Miranda
    Epagri/Centro de Pesquisa para Agricultura Familiar
  • Marcio Ender
    Udesc/CAV
  • Euclides Mondardo
    Epagri/Estação Experimental de Urussanga (aposentado)
  • Renato Cesar Dittrich
    Univali

Abstract

Local cultivars of cassava and from different states and countries have been tested in field trials in
Santa Catarina State, Brazil, since 1975. In 1988 a program on breeding cassava cultivars was started, with the genotype SCS 252 Jaguaruna getting the best performance. This new cultivar presents high crop yield, good starch content, resistance to bacterial blight and to anthracnose, white root pulp, vigorous stem and smooth roots, among
other characteristics. The new cultivar was tested and approved through the participatory research methodology by hundreds of cassava growers in different regions in Santa Catarina State.

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Keywords

  • cassava
  • plant breeding
  • participatory research
  • crop yield