Distribution of hydrocyanic acid in a high-cyanide and a low-cyanide variety of cassava in relation to the age of the plant. Short communication.
1987
Indira P. | Ramanujam T.
The present findings clearly indicate that HCN content in cassava is influenced by the age of the crop. The varieties differ in this respect. In the low-cyanide variety the leaf HCN decreased with maturity of the crop, followed by a reduction in the tuber HCN. But the high-cyanide clone did not show any significant decrease in the tuber HCN, and increase in the leaf HCN with the advancement of age was noticed. The present findings indicate the possibility of partial transportation of glucosides from the leaves to the tubers. Further investigations are needed to elucidate the factors involved in the change in the cyanoglucoside content of leaves in relation to the age of the plant.
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