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Production of botanical cassava seeds in plants with one and two vegetative cycles

Production of botanical cassava seeds were evaluated in open polinated fields, from plants with one and two vegetative cycles. Plants with two vegetative cycles were cultivated without pruning or pruned at 10cm above the soil. The results showed that the plants with one vegetative cycle yield, in average, 31.70 seeds per plant. Plants with two vegetative cycles pruned or not, yielded 23.39 and 64.64 seeds per plant, respectively. Although best results were observed with the plants not pruned, there were more difficulties for field work such as spraying, crops management, and fruit bagging due to the tall and over lapping plants. However, these difficulties may not occur when the crops is conducted on poor soils.


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