Notas sobre florescimento e frutificação da mandioca

[摘要] The flowering habits and the fructification of cassava M. utilissima Pohl were described. Attention was called to the small production of flowers per plant and to the attack of male flowers by the fly Teleocoma crassipes Aldrich and of the fruit by the fly Anastrepha pickeli C. Lima. The difficulties of controlled pollination were emphasized and a practical method of obtaining F² seeds were discussed.