Yuca which is sold in supermarket chains in Guatemala City. |
PDF, Articles, Books on Manihot esculenta
- 2014
- Cultivos Nativos de Guatemala y Bioseguridad del Uso de Organismos Vivos Modificados. Yuca (Manihot esculenta). Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas. Documento Técnico No. 13-2014. 45 Pages.
Available Online:
www.bchguatemala.gob.gt/Members/Esolorzano/mis-docs-2014/modulos-de-cultivos-nativos-de-guatemala-y/Modulo%20Yuca.pdf
- 1966
- Roots and Subsistence of the Ancient Maya. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. Vol. 22, No. 3. Pages 251-279.
Note: in FLAAR we have a copy that was generously sent to us. We have been unable to find a free copy on the Internet.
- 2015
- Arqueobotánica en el área maya. Desde el Hebario CICY. No. 7. Pages 186-190.
Available Online:
www.cicy.mx/Documentos/CICY/Desde_Herbario/
2015/2015-12-03-Castillo-Acal-Arqueobotanica
-en-el-area-maya.pdf
- 2011
- Evolutionary biogeography of Manihot (Euphorbiaceae), a rapidly radiating Neotropical genus restricted to dry environments. Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 38, No. 6. Pages 1-23.
Available Online:
www.researchgate.net/publication/227631023
Evolutionary_biogeography_of_Manihot_Euphorbiaceae a_rapidly_radiating_Neotropical_genus_restricted_to
dry_environments
- 2004
- Cassava biology and physiology. Plant Molecular Biology. Vol. 56, No. 4. Pages 481-501.
Available Online:
www.researchgate.net/publication/8062875_Cassava
biology_and_physiology?ev=srch_pub
- 1990
- Caracterización agromorfológica y bromatológica de 25 cultivares de yuca (Manihot esulenta Crantz) nativos de Guatemala, en Nueva Concepción, Escuintla, Guatemala. Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. 92 pages.
Available Online:
http://fausac.usac.edu.gt/tesario/tesis/T-01211.pdf
- 1988
- Caracterización agromorfológica y bromatológica de 25 cultivares de Yuca Manihot esculenta Crantz en la unidad docente productiva sabana grande Escuintla, Guatemala. Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala. 96 pages.
Available Online:
http://biblioteca.usac.edu.gt/tesis/01/01_1080.pdf
- 1986
- Caracterización agromorfológica y bromatológica de 25 cultivares de Yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) del norte y nororiente de Guatemala, en el Valle de la Fragua, Zacapa, Guatemala. Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala. 75 pages.
Available Online:
http://biblioteca.usac.edu.gt/tesis/01/01_0861.pdf
- 2005
- El follaje de la yuca (Manihot esculenta Cranz) como fuente de proteína para la producción animal en sistemas agroforestales. Agroforestería para la Producción Animal en Latinoamerica, FAO. Pages 395-406.
Available Online:
www.fao.org/livestock/agap/frg/agrofor1/presto24.PDF
- 2016
- Yuca. Materiales promisorios para la seguridad alimentaria. Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria. 48 pages.
Available Online:
www.researchgate.net/publication/314316684_YUCA
Materiales_promisorios_para_la_seguridad
alimentaria?ev=srch_pub
- 2008
- Domestication and Diversity in Manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz ssp. Esculenta, Euphorbiaceae). Current Anthropology. Vol. 49, No. 6. Pages 1119-1128.
Available Online:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~soca0025/files/domestication-diversity.pdf
- 2012
- Zonificación agroecológica y estimación del rendimiento potencial del cultivo de la yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) en el estado de Tabasco, México. Revista de investigación y difusión científica agropecuaria. Vol. 16, No. 1. Pages 29-47.
Available Online:
www.ucol.mx/revaia/portal/pdf/2012/enero/2.pdf
- 2012
- Earth Ovens (Píib) in the Maya Lowlands: Ethnobotanical Data Supporting Early Use. Economic Botany. Vol. 66, No. 3. Pages 285-297.
Available Online:
www.researchgate.net/publication/257776823_Earth
Ovens_Piib_in_the_Maya_Lowlands_Ethnobotanical
Data_Supporting_Early_Use?ev=srch_pub
handle/11554/2575/Intercropping_with_sweet
potato.pdf?sequence=1
- 2016
- Contemporary Maya Food System in the Lowlands of Northern Yucatán. On Ethnobotany of México, Chapter 6. Pages 133-150.
Sold Online:
www.amazon.com/Ethnobotany-Mexico-Interactions-
Mesoamerica-Ethnobiology ebook/dp/B01EV2T2HO/
ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504806168&sr
=1-1&keywords=Ethnobotany+of+M%C3%A9xico
Available Online:
www.researchgate.net/publication/301611420_
Contemporary_Maya_Food_System_in_the_Lowlands
_of_Northern_Yucatan?ev=srch_pub
Note: only chapter 6 is available for free.
- 2012
- An improved methodology for the recovery of Zea mays and other large crop pollen, with implications for environmental archaeology in the Neotropics. The Holocene. Vol. 22, No. 10. Pages 1087-1096.
Available Online:
www.researchgate.net/publication/221943150_An
improved_methodology_for_the_recovery_of_Zea_mays
and_other_large_crop_pollen_with_implications_for
environmental_archaeology_in_the_Neotropics
Suggested web pages with photos and information on Manihot esculenta
www.uvi.edu/files/images/research/AES/biotechnology/Tyrone%202B.pdf
Presentation with good photos.
https://floridata.com/Plants/Euphorbiaceae/Manihot%20esculenta/833
Information.
www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d825
Information.
www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/garden/culinary-garden/manihot-esculenta/
Information and photos.
www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/32401
Information.
www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Manihot+esculenta
List of varieties.
http://eol.org/pages/1154718/overview
Photos.
First posted, September 2017