The yam is a root vegetable that is the staple crop and a cultural symbol for the Igbo people.
Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris spp. vulgaris) is an important source of sugar and is grown as a root crop in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Egypt, India, Chile, Japan and China.
Sugar beet, a cultivated variety of Beta vulgaris, is grown as a root crop in cooler climates and became a major source of sugar in the 19th century when methods for extracting the sugar became available.
Cassava is a tropical root crop which is an economically available fermentable source and is produced by numerous countries [ 6].
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a tropical root crop, and is therefore, extremely sensitive to low temperature; its antioxidative response is pivotal for its survival under stress.
Cassava, Manihot esculenta subsp esculenta Crantz (2n = 36), is a starchy root crop and the primary staple for over 800 million people worldwide [ 1].
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important root crop worldwide.
Cassava is an important root crop to resource-poor farmers in marginal areas, where its production faces drought stress constraints.
The second new crop was cassava, or manioc, a root crop easily adopted by tuber farmers but more difficult for grain farmers to accept.
