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TMS-50395 in AgSight Collection in 2020

Cassava variety TMS 50395

A variety from IRRI in Ibadan, Nigeria brought back to Australia by Dr Howard Bradbury at ANU in Canberra. Stem cuttings were provided by Dr Bradbury to AgSight in 2016. The variety has since been established in a field nursery at Kununurra in Western Australia. It is also growing in Queensland and at Monash University in Melbourne.

A variety with typically high leaf cyanide content.

SM1-150 in the AgSight Collection in 2020

A variety introduced to Australia from CIAT in about 1980 and was maintained in the Australian Cassava collection at the University of Queensland’s Redland Bay farm near Brisbane. Stem cuttings were sent to Dr Howard Bradbury at ANU in Canberra in about 1990, and subsequently provided by Dr Bradbury to AgSight in 2016. The variety has since been established in a field nursery at Kununurra in Western Australia. It is also growing in Queensland and at Monash University in Melbourne.

A variety with typically low leaf cyanide content.