Farmers’ perceptions on the causes of cassava root bitterness: A case of konzo-affected Mtwara region, Tanzania

In areas where konzo (a cassava cyanide related paralytic disorder) persists, the agronomic factors causing increased cyanogenic glucoside levels in cassava, during periods without water stress, are hardly known. However, through their assessment of cassava root toxicity, using its bitter taste, far...

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Autores principales: Imakumbili, Matema L. E., Semu, Ernest, Semoka, Johnson M. R., Abass, Adebayo, Mkamilo, Geoffrey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6472768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30998724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215527

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6472768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30998724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215527

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