Gene Conserve Photo Gallery
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Scatter diagram of
hybridization of
M. reptans X M. alutacea
Electrophoresis of
Manihot species
M. anomala
M. tripartita
Fig. 42 Fig. 43 Fig. 44 Fig. 45

Multiembrionic SAC
Multiple apomictic
embryos in cassava
embryonic sac
Diploid (left) and
tetraploid (right) leave
of the hybrid of
cassava x M. neusana
Root of interspecific
hybrid of cassava x M.pseudoglaziovii
Fig. 46 Fig. 47 Fig. 48 Fig. 49

Centers of diversity
of Manihot species
in Brazil and Mexico
Immigrations
of Tupi-Guarani
Immigrations of Aruak		 Locality of Manihotoides pausiflora in Mexico
Locality of Manihotoides
pausiflora in Mexico
Fig. 50 Fig. 51 Fig. 52 Fig. 53

Tetrads, triads and diads
Cassava embryo
sac structure
Two embryo sacs
side by side
Metaphase I
of double trissomic
Fig. 54 Fig. 55 Fig. 56 Fig. 57

Two embryo sacs
in the same nucellus
M. aescufolia X M. esculenta
(diploid - left, tetraploid - right)
M. glaziovii X M. esculenta
(diploid - left, tetraploid - right)
M. neusana X M. esculenta
(diploid - left, tetraploid - right)
Fig. 58 Fig. 59 Fig. 60 Fig. 61

M. pohlii X M. esculenta
(diploid - left, tetraploid - right)
Hybrid 33 (left), common
cassava clone (right)
Periclinal chimera (right)
of interspecific hybrid
 cassava X M. aesculifolia
Whole plant
Fig. 62 Fig. 63 Fig. 64 Fig. 65

Cassava pollinators
Manihot gene pools
Section in diploid stem
Section in chimera stem
Fig. 66 Fig. 67 Fig. 68 Fig. 69

Tetraploid type of cassava x M. cearulescens
Roots of UNB 400
Tetraploid type of Cassava x M. dichotoma
Hybrid of M.glaziovii x cassava
Fig. 70 Fig. 71 Fig. 72  Fig. 73

Hybrid of M. pseudoglaziovii x cassava
M. tripartita::leftleaves, right roots
cooked root of the Brazilian indigenous cassava clone UNB 400, known popularly by "Amarela"
Three Embryos in an Ovule
Fig. 74 Fig. 75 Fig. 76 Fig. 77

Multiembryos in an aposporic sac
Meiotic metaphase 1 has 2n=38; 16 bivalents and 2 trivalents
cooked root of the Brazilian indigenous cassava clone UNB 500, known popularly by "Vermelha"
Five years old stem of M. glaziovii
Fig. 78 Fig. 79 Fig. 80 Fig. 81

Propagation of M. glaziovii by seed
UNB 600
metaphase I of polyploidized interespecific hybrid M. glaziovii x cassava
Leaves of the hybrid cassava x M. anomala
Fig. 82 Fig. 83 Fig. 84 Fig. 85