The following are articles which this editor considers
particularly important in the history of cassava breeding.

• Tuber Formation and protein content in some wild cassava (Mandioca) species native of central Brazil.
  Nagib M. A. Nassar and C. P. Costa
  Reprint from EXPERIENTIA (Basel) 33:1304-1305 (1977)

• Hydrocyanic acid content in some wild Manihot (Cassava) species.
  Nagib M. A. Nassar and Suzette S. Fichtner
  Reprint from Canadian Journal of Plant Science 58:577-578  (1978)

• Conservation of the Genetic Resources of Cassava (Manihot esculenta)
  Determination of Wild Species Localities with Emphasis on Probable Origin.
  Nagib M. A. Nassar
  Reprint from Economic Botany - 32:311-320, July-September (1978)

• Protein Content of Cassava Cultivars and its Hybrid with Wild Manihot species.
  Nagib M. A. Nassar and Jose G. Dorea
  Reprint from Turrialba - vol 32:429-432 (1982)

• Genetic Variation of Wild Manihot Species Native to Brazil and Its Potential for Cassava Improvement.
  Nagib M. A. Nassar
  Reprint from Field Crops Res., 13:177-184  (1986)

• Biosystematic of wild cassava species (Manihot spp.) based on soluble seed protein patterns.
  Dario Grattapaglia, Nagib M. A. Nassar and José C. Dianese
  Summary (in English) of a reprint (in Portuguese)
  from Journal of Brazilian Association for Advancement of Science - 39:294-300 (1987)

• Biossistemática de espécies brasileiras do gênero Manihot baseada em padrões de proteína da semente
  Dario Grattapaglia, Nagib M. A. Nassar e José C. Dianese
  (the original text in portuguese)
  from Journal of Brazilian Association for Advancement of Science - 39:294-300 (1987)

• Broadening the genetic base of cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz, by interspecific hybridization.
  Nagib M. A. Nassar
  Reprint from Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 69:1071-1073 (1989)

• Unreduced microspores in cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz clones.
  Nelly Vasquez and Nagib M. A. Nassar
  Reprint from Indian J. Genet. 54:436-441  (1995)

• Overcoming crossing barriers between cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz and a wild relative, M. pohlii Warwa.
  Nagib M. A. Nassar, Claudio G. Carvalho and Clibas Vieira
  Reprint from Brazilian Journal of Genetics 19:617-620 (1996)

• Induction of a productive aneuploid in cassava, M. esculenta Crantz.
  Nagib M. A. Nassar, Hala Nagib Nassar, Claudio G. Carvalho and Clibas Vieira
  Reprint from Brazilian Journal of Genetics 19:123-125 (1996)

• Molecular and embryonic evidence of apoximis in cassava interspecific hybrids (Manihot spp.)
  Nagib M. A. Nassar, Marco André Vieira, Clibas Vieira and Dario Grattapaglia
  Reprint from Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 98:349-352  (1998)

• The transference of apomixis genes from Manihot neusana Nassar to cassava, M. esculenta Crantz.
  Nagib M. A. Nassar, Evie Doss Santos and Sandra R. O. David
  Reprint from Hereditas. 132:167-170  (2000)

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• Wild Manihot Species of Central Brazil for Cassava Breeding
  Nagib M. A. Nassar
  Reprint from Canadian Journal of Plant Science 58:257-261 (1977)

• Chromosome Number and Meiotic Behaviour of Some Wild Manihot Species Native to Central Brazil
  Nagib M. A. Nassar
  Reprint from Brazilian Journal of Genetics Vol. 1, Nº 01 (1977)

• Three brazilian Manihot species with tolerance to stress conditions
  Nagib M. A. Nassar
  Reprint from Can. J. Plant Sci, 59: 553-555 (1979)

• Natural hybrids between Manihot reptans Pax and M. alutacea Rogers & Appan
  Nagib M. A. Nassar
  Reprint from Can. J. Plant Sci, 63: 423-425 (1984)

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