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

DOI: 10.52945/rac.v21i2.858
Published 2008-02-12

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

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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Keywords

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