Publications

Allard RW (1960). Principles of Plant Breeding. John Willey & Sons, Inc., New York.   Babu L and Chatterjee SR (1999). Protein content and amino acid composition of cassava tubers and leaves. J. Root Crops 25: 163-168.   Baethgen WE and Alley MM (1989). A manual colorimetric procedure for measuring ammonium nitrogen in soil and plant Kjeldahl digest. Commun. Soil Sci. Plan. 20: 961-969. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00103628909368129   Brito VHS, Ramalho RT, Rabacow APM, Moreno SE, et al. (2009). Colorimetric method for free and potential cyanide analysis of cassava tissue. Gene Conserve 8: 841-852.   Buitrago AJA (1990). La Yuca en la Alimentación Animal. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali. PMid:2101251   Coursey DG (1973). Cassava as Food: Toxicity and Technology. In: Chronic Cassava Toxicity (Nestel BL and MacIntyre R, eds.). IDRC, Ottawa, 27-36.   FAO (2007). Production Yearbook. Rome.   Gil JL and Buitrago AJA (2002). La Yuca en la Alimentacion Animal. In: La Yuca en el Tercer Milenio: Sistemas Modernos de Producción, Procesamiento, Utilización y Comercialización. CIAT, Clayuca, Ministerio de Agricutura y Desarrollo Rural y Fenavi. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, 527-568.   Gomes PTC and Nassar NM (2008). Comment on Article: Variation in crude protein content in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) roots. Gene Conserve 7: 606-607.   Hock-Hin Y and Van-Den T (1996). Protein contents, amino acid compositions and nitrogen-to-protein conversion factors for cassava roots. J. Sci. Food Agr. 70: 51-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199601)70:1<51::AID-JSFA463>3.0.CO;2-W   Millward DJ (1999). The nutritional value of plant-based diets in relation to human amino acid and protein requirements. Proc. Nutr. Soc. 58: 249-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0029665199000348 PMid:10466163   Nassar NM (1978). Conservation of the genetic resources of cassava (Manihot esculenta); determination of wild species localities with emphasis on probable origin. Econ. Bot. 32: 311-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02864705   Nassar NM and Dorea JG (1982). Protein contents of cassava cultivars and its hybrid with Manihot species. Turrialba 32: 429-432.   Nassar NM and Sousa MV (2007). Amino acid profile in cassava and its interspecific hybrid. Genet. Mol. Res. 6: 292-297. PMid:17573659   Official Methods of Analysis (2000). 17th edn. AOAC International, Washington.   Osuntokun BO, Durowoju JE, McFarlane H and Wilson J (1968). Plasma amino-acids in the Nigerian nutritional ataxic neuropathy. Br. Med. J. 3: 647-649. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.3.5619.647 PMid:5673213 PMCid:1986512   Simmons A, Abhary M and Fauquet C (2008). "Total Protein" Content Versus True Protein in Cassava Roots. Proceedings of the First Scientific Meeting of the Global Cassava Partnership (GCP-10). Ghent University, Ghent.   Young VR and Pellett PL (1994). Plant proteins in relation to human protein and amino acid nutrition. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 59: 1203S-1212S. PMid:8172124

Nassar NMA (1978a). Conservation of the genetic resources of cassava (Manihot esculenta). Determination of wild species localities with emphasis on probable origin. Econ. Bot. 32: 311-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02864705   Nassar NMA (1978b). Genetic resources of cassava - Chromosome behavior in some wild Manihot species. Indian J. Genet. Plant Breed. 38: 135-137.   Nassar NMA (1978c). Hydrocyanic acid content in some wild Manihot (cassava) species. Can. J. Plant Sci. 58: 577-578. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps78-090   Nassar NMA (1978d). Microcenters of wild cassava, Manihot ssp diversity in central Brazil. Turrialba 28: 345-347.   Nassar NMA (1983). A quebra da dormência da semente das espécies selvagens da mandioca, Manihot spp. Cienc. Cult. 35: 630-632.   Nassar NMA (1984). Natural hybrids between Manihot reptans Pax and Manihot alutacea Rogers and Appan. Can. J. Plant Sci. 64: 423-425. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps84-062   Nassar NMA (1985). Manihot neusana Nassar: A new species native to Paraná, Brazil. Can. J. Plant Sci. 65: 1097-1100. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps85-143   Nassar NMA (1989). Broadening the genetic base of cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz, by interspecific hybridization. Can. J. Plant Sci. 69: 1071-1073. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps89-129   Nassar NMA (1997). Development of cassava interspecific hybrids for savanna conditions. J. Root Crops 22: 9-17.   Gratapaglia DE, Nassar NMA and Dianese JC (1986). Biossistemática de espécies brasileiras do gênero Manihot baseada em padrões de proteína da semente. Cienc. Cult. 19: 294-300.   Nassar NMA (2000). Cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz, genetic resources: their collection, evaluation, and manipulation. Adv. Agron. 69: 179-230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2113(08)60950-5   Nassar NMA (2003a). Cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz genetic resources VI. Anatomy of a diversity center. Genet. Mol. Res. 2: 214-222. PMid:14966687   Nassar NMA (2003b). Gene flow between cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz, and wild relatives. Genet. Mol. Res. 2: 334-347. PMid:15011137   Nassar NMA (2004). Cassava: some ecological and physiological aspects related to plant breeding. Gene Conserv. 3: 229-245.   Nassar NMA (2006a). Letter to the Editor. Genet. Mol. Res. 5: 419-420. PMid:16826638   Nassar NMA (2006b). Cassava genetic resources: extinct everywhere in Brazil. Genet. Res. Crop. Evol. 53: 975-983. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10722-004-7067-z   Nassar NMA (2006c). The synthesis of a new cassava-derived species, Manihot vieiri Nassar. Genet. Mol. Res. 5: 536-541. PMid:17117369   Nassar NMA (2006d). Cassava in South America, Brazil's contribution and the lesson to be learned from India. Genet. Mol. Res. 5: 688-695. PMid:17183479   Nassar NMA (2007a). Wild cassava, Manihot spp. to improve the crop. Gene Conserv. 26: 387-414.   Nassar NMA (2007b). Cassava genetic resources and their utilization for breeding of the crop. Genet. Mol. Res. 6: 1151-1168. PMid:18273809   Nassar NMA and Hashimoto DYC (2006). Wild cassava, Manihot spp.: a survey of useful species with reference to economic value. Gene Conserv. 5: 284-295.   Nassar NMA and Sousa MV (2007). Amino acid profile in cassava and its interspecific hybrid. Genet. Mol. Res. 6: 292-297. PMid:17573659   Rogers DJ and Appan SG (1973). Manihot and Manihotoids (Euphorbiaceae) (Flora Neotropica Monograph, 13). Hafner Press, New York.   Nassar HN, Nassar NMA, Vieira C and Saraiva LS (1995). Cytogenetic behavior of the interspecific hybrid of Manihot neusana Nassar and Cassava, M. esculenta Crantz, and its backcross progeny. Can. J. Plant Sci. 75: 675-678. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps95-113