BRS Progresso and BRS Rendeira – new cassava cultivars with tolerance to post-harvest deterioration
Eder Jorge Oliveira, Saulo Alves Santos de Oliveira, Cinara Fernanda Garcia Morales, Marcos Roberto Silva, Marcos de Souza Campos and Manoel dos Santos Oliveira Filho
Abstract: BRS Rendeira and BRS Progresso are cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivars with tolerance to post-harvest deterioration and high mean yields of fresh root (31.1 and 27.9 t ha-1) and starch (8.9 and 8.1 t ha-1) in annual production cycles. Both new varieties are recommended for the flour and starch industry.