Estudio de nuevos clones de yuca (Manihot sculenta Crantz) en la provincia de Holguín.

The study was carried out in Holguín, Cuba, on a brown soil without carbonate, in plantations during the month of January, in three times of cold and with crops made to the 12 months of age. Twelve hybrid coming from the Institute of Investigations in Tropical Viandas (INIVIT), were evaluated. They were carried out the following evaluations: number of shafts for plants in the moment of the crop, number of commercial roots for plant, longitude of the commercial tuberous roots, commercial yield and evaluation of the culinary quality. The genotype I-Y-93-4 was that of more commercial yield, overcoming the witness. The selection approaches that prevailed were those of yield, time of cooking and culinary quality of the root. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]