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Some botanical and ethnological considerations ofManihot esculenta

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    David J. Rogers (Professor of Botany)

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Supported in part by Grant No. G14129, National Science Foundation and by The Rockefeller Foundation.

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Rogers, D.J. Some botanical and ethnological considerations ofManihot esculenta . Econ Bot 19, 369–377 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02904807

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