SCS 253-Sangão – a new cultivar of cassava with high dry matter content in the roots

Authors

  • Augusto Carlos Pola Epagri/Estação Experimental de Urussanga
    • Mauro Luiz Lavina Epagri/Estação Experimental de Urussanga
      • Idelson José de Miranda Epagri/Estação Experimental de Urussanga
        • Mario Miranda Epagri/Centro de Pesquisa para Agricultura Familiar
          • Murito Ternes Epagri/Estação Experimental de Itajaí
            • Lucas Miura Epagri/Estação Experimental de Itajaí
              • Rubens Marschalek 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
                      • Marcio Ender Udesc/Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias
                        • Euclides Mondardo Epagri/Estação Experimental de Urussanga

                          DOI:

                          https://doi.org/10.52945/rac.v21i2.858

                          Keywords:

                          Manihot esculenta, plant breeding, participatory research, yield, starch

                          Abstract

                          The cultivar SCS 253-Sangão was developed by Epagri’s project for genetic improvement of cassava.
                          It was also evaluated by farmers through a participatory research method, in the main producing regions of
                          cassava in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. In cultivar competition tests and participatory research this cultivar achieved yields ranging from 20 to 24t/ha, with high dry matter content in the roots (36.7% to 38.8%), and
                          resistance to anthracnose and bacterioses, vigorous and upright branches, among many other desirable
                          characteristics.

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                          Published

                          2008-02-12

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                          Section

                          Germplasm Article

                          How to Cite

                          SCS 253-Sangão – a new cultivar of cassava with high dry matter content in the roots. (2008). Agropecuária Catarinense Journal, 21(2), 81-84. https://doi.org/10.52945/rac.v21i2.858