Manihot esculenta is a deciduous Shrub growing to 3 m by 3 m at a medium rate.
It is hardy to zone 10. The flowers are pollinated by Insects.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils and can grow in very acid and very alkaline soils.
It can grow in full shade semi-shade or no shade. It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.
Habitatsit is not known in a truly wild situation.
Resources
30. Production and postharvest activities for fonio
AgriGuide
Agriguide.orghttp://www.agriguide.org/agriguide/files/etic_agriguide_en_20120830.pdf
E-TIC
E-TIC Sahel InfoHubs
Senegal and Mali
Initiative de
Avec le soutien de
ICVolunteers30. Production and postharvest activities for fonio
AgriGuide
E-TIC
E-TIC Sahel InfoHubs
Senegal and MaliInitiative de
Avec le soutien de
http://www.agriguide.org/agriguide/files/etic_agriguide_en_20120830.pdf30. Production and postharvest activities for fonio30. Production and postharvest activities for fonio
AgriGuide
Agriguide.orghttp://www.agriguide.org/agriguide/files/etic_agriguide_en_20120830.pdf
E-TIC
E-TIC Sahel InfoHubs
Senegal and Mali
Initiative de
Avec le soutien de
ICVolunteers566 Soybean leaflet
Grow better soybean
Africa soil health consortiumhttp://africasoilhealth.cabi.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/566-Soybean-l…
through good agricultural practices
Working in partnership to create down-to-earth messages on integrated soil fertility management566 Soybean leaflet
Grow better soybean
through good agricultural practices
Working in partnership to create down-to-earth messages on integrated soil fertility managementhttp://africasoilhealth.cabi.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/566-Soybean-l…566 Soybean leaflet566 Soybean leaflet
Grow better soybean
Africa soil health consortiumhttp://africasoilhealth.cabi.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/566-Soybean-l…
through good agricultural practices
Working in partnership to create down-to-earth messages on integrated soil fertility management
Major pests
- Acromyrmex octospinosus
African cassava mosaic virus
Ageratum conyzoides
Agrotis ipsilon
Aleurodicus dispersus
Aleurotrachelus socialis
Alternanthera sessilis
Amblypelta cocophaga
Amblypelta lutescens
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Anastrepha manihoti
Anomala antiqua
Anomala viridis
Aonidomytilus albus
Araecerus fasciculatus
Armillaria heimii
Atta
Atta cephalotes
Atta sexdens
Bemisia tabaci
Bemisia tuberculata
Boerhavia diffusa
Borreria latifolia
Botryodiplodia manihoticola
Cadra cautella
Cassava brown streak viruses
Cassava common mosaic virus
Cassava frog's skin agent
Cassava green mottle virus
Cassava mosaic disease
Cassava mosaic Madagascar virus
Cassava vein mosaic virus
Cassava virus X
Cassava witches' broom
Ceratocystis fimbriata
Cercospora vicosae
Ceroplastes cirripediformis
Chilomima clarkei
Chilozela trapeziana
Choanephora cucurbitarum
Chrysobothris megacephala
Coccus viridis
Coelosternus alternans
Coelosternus sulcatulus
Commelina benghalensis
Conocephalus cinereus
Conyza canadensis
Coptotermes
Coptotermes curvignathus
Corcyra cephalonica
Corynothrips stenopterus
Corythaica carinata
Corythuca gossypii
Criconemella
Cryptocephalus tristiculus
Cyanthillium cinereum
Cyperus esculentus
Cyrtomenus bergi
Datura stramonium
Dendrothripoides innoxius
Diaporthe manihotis
Diaprepes abbreviatus
Digitaria ciliaris
Dihammus rusticator
Drymaria cordata
Dysmicoccus brevipes
East African cassava mosaic virus
Echinochloa crus-galli
Ecyrus hirtipes
Edessa meditabunda
Elsinoe brasiliensis
Emilia fosbergii
Emilia sonchifolia
Erinnyis ello
Erythroneura cassavae
Eumeta variegata
Euphorbia hirta
Eutropidacris cristata
Feltia subterranea
Ferrisia virgata
Frankliniella melanommatus
Glomerella cingulata
Guignardia manihotis
Haematonectria haematococca
Haritalodes derogata
Helicotylenchus dihystera
Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis
Heliotropium indicum
Heterotermes convexinotatus
Iatrophobia braziliensis
Indian cassava mosaic virus
Jacobiasca formosana
Lagocheirus araneiformis
Lagocheirus obsoletus
Lasioderma serricorne
Leptoglossus gonagra
Leucopholis rorida
Lophocateres pusillus
Macrophomina phaseolina
Melinis repens
Mikania micrantha
Momordica charantia
Monilia carbonaria
Monolepta bifasciata
Mononychellus tanajoa
Mycosphaerella henningsii
Neosilba nigrocaerula
Neosilba pendula
Nipaecoccus nipae
Oidium manihotis
Oligonychus gossypii
Oligonychus peruvianus
Oligonychus pratensis
Orphulella punctata
Oxalis latifolia
Paracoccus marginatus
Parasa lepida
Parasaissetia nigra
Paspalum paniculatum
Passalora manihotis
Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum
Phenacoccus madeirensis
Phenacoccus manihoti
Phobetron hipparchia
Phyllophaga hogardi
Phytophthora richardiae
Pinnaspis strachani
Prepodes quadrivittatus
Prostephanus truncatus
Pseudotheraptus devastans
Rhizobium radiobacter
Rhizobium rhizogenes
Rosellinia bunodes
Saissetia coffeae
Schistocerca cancellata
Schistocerca gregaria
Schistocerca nitens
Sida acuta
Silba chalybea
Silba perezi
Sinoxylon conigerum
Sitophilus oryzae
Sitophilus zeamais
Spodoptera albula
Spodoptera litura
Spodoptera ornithogalli
Stegobium paniceum
Sternocoelus tardipes
Stictococcus vayssierei
Synedrella nodiflora
Systena s-littera
Tetranychus
Tetranychus cinnabarinus
Tetranychus desertorum
Tetranychus marianae
Tetranychus truncatus
Tetranychus urticae
Thanatephorus cucumeris
Tridax procumbens
Uromyces janiphae
Uromyces manihotis
Vatiga illudens
Vatiga manihotae
Veronicella cubensis
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. poinsettiicola
Xanthomonas cassavae
Zeuzera coffeae
Zonocerus elegans
Zonocerus variegatus
African cassava mosaic virus
Aonidomytilus albus
Bemisia tabaci
Caliothrips masculinus
Cassava brown streak virus
Cassava common mosaic virus
Cassava frogskin agent
Cassava witches' broom agent
Mononychellus tanajoa
Oligonychus peruvianus
Passalora manihotis
Phenacoccus manihoti
Pseudophaeolus baudonii
Pseudotheraptus devastans
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis
Minor pests
- Acanthospermum australe
Acanthospermum hispidum
Achaea catocaloides
Achatina fulica
Amaranthus spinosus
Anastrepha striata
Aspergillus niger
Atherigona orientalis
Bemisia tabaci
Bemisia tabaci
Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris
Cenchrus echinatus
Cochliobolus lunatus
Cochliobolus setariae
Colletotrichum theobromicola
Corchorus hirtus
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Diabrotica balteata
Dinoderus minutus
Dorysthenes buqueti
Eutetranychus orientalis
Helicotylenchus erythrinae
Helicotylenchus multicinctus
Helopeltis bergrothi
Hemicriconemoides mangiferae
Imperata cylindrica
Lasiodiplodia theobromae
Lepidiota stigma
Leucopholis coneophora
Locusta migratoria
Maconellicoccus hirsutus
Megymenum brevicorne
Melanitis leda ismene
Meloidogyne enterolobii
Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne javanica
Metamasius hemipterus
Mimosa diplotricha
Nezara viridula
Nomadacris septemfasciata
Oligonychus coffeae
Oxalis corniculata
Panonychus citri
Pantoea agglomerans
Paraleyrodes bondari
Phytophthora palmivora
Planococcus citri
Pratylenchus brachyurus
Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi
Pseudococcus longispinus
Rattus exulans
Rhyzopertha dominica
Rigidoporus microporus
Rosellinia necatrix
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Rotylenchulus reniformis
Scirtothrips dorsalis
Scutellonema bradys
Scutellonema clathricaudatum
Senna obtusifolia
Setaria parviflora
Setaria pumila
Setaria verticillata
Solanum torvum
Sophonia orientalis
Soybean chlorotic blotch virus
Spodoptera eridania
Thrips tabaci
Trialeurodes ricini
Tribolium castaneum
Tribolium confusum
Verticillium dahliae
West African Asystasia virus 1