Resumen
- Cassava can be propagated either by stem cuttings or by sexual seed. However, the former is the most common practice used by farmers for multiplication and planting purposes. Propagation from true seed occurs occasionally in farmers’ fields and, as such, is a starting point for the generation of useful genetic diversity (Alves, 2002). Most breeding programs generate seed through crossing, as a mean of creating new genetic variation. Occasionally botanical seed has also been used in commercial propagation schemes (Iglesias et al., 1994; Rajendran et al., 2000).