| Hikoya Hayatsu - 1990 - 304 pages
...extensive processing to detoxify them. For example, cassava root, which is a major food crop in Africa, is quite resistant to pests and disease; however,...process of washing, grinding, fermenting, and heating can make it edible."5 In India, the pest-resistant grain Lathyrus sativus is cultivated to make some... | |
| Jay H. Lehr - 1992 - 868 pages
...crops are that they are highly toxic and require extensive processing to detoxify them. For example, cassava root, a major food crop in Africa and South...process of washing, grinding, fermenting, and heating can make it edible; ataxia due to chronic cyanide poisoning is endemic in many of the cassava-eating... | |
| Kenneth R. Foster, David E. Bernstein, Peter William Huber - 1999 - 476 pages
...pest-resistant crops are highly toxic and require extensive processing to detoxify them. For example, cassava root, a major food crop in Africa and South...resistant to pests and disease. However it contains so much cyanide that extensive washing, grinding, fermenting, and heating are needed to make it edible.... | |
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