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1. 1. A reason to be bitter : cassava classification from the farmers' perspective

   Författare :Linley Chiwona-Karltun; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Cassava; bitter; sweet; cyanogenic glucosides; cyanide; sensory analysis; taste; theft; women; food security; SSR-markers; molecular genetics; plant morphology; Malawi; Africa;

   Sammanfattning : Ethnographers report from both South America and Africa that cassava farmers classify cultivars as belonging to either of two groups, "bitter" or "sweet", and that farmers prefer to grow "bitter" cultivars as the staple crop. It remains contentious if the two groups and whether bitterness in taste reflects the content of cyanogenic glucosides in cassava roots. LÄS MER