Cassava (Northern dialect

Cassava (Northern dialect) or manioc (Southern dialect, southerncassava tubers to the bean) (binomial nomenclature: Manihotesculenta; names in other languages: cassava, tapioca, yuca,mandioca, manioc , maniok, singkong, ubi kayu, aipim, macaxeir,kappa, maracheeni) as food crops can eat perennial bulbs,belonging to Great size (Euphorbiaceae).

Manioc (cassava) is native to tropical regions of Latin America (Crantz, 1976) and is cultivated around 5,000 years ago (CIAT, 1993). Central arising cassava is assumed in its northeastern Brazil Amazon River basin, where many plant species and wild cassava (De Candolle 1886; Rogers, 1965). Center differentiation potential side in Mexico and northern coastal areas of South America. Evidence of growing cassava roots are the archaeological sites dating back 2,700 years in Venezuela BC artifacts present in cassava roots along coastal Peru around 2000 BC, the toasters cassava in Malabo complex in northern Colombia dating back about 1,200 years BC, the starch granules in coprolites are found in Mexico dating from the year 900 to the year 200 BC (Rogers, 1963, 1965).

Cassava is the Portuguese brought to the Congo of Africa in the 16th century document refers to cassava in this region of Barre and Thevet wrote in 1558. In Asia, cassava was introduced in India about 17th century (PG Rajendran et al, 1995) and Sri Lanka early 18th century (WMSM Bandara and M Sikurajapathy, 1992). Then, cassava is grown in China, Myanmar and other Asian countries in the late 18th century, early 19th century (1992 U Baiping Thun Than Fang 1992). Cassava was introduced to Vietnam in the mid 18th century (Pham Van Bien, Hoang Kim, 1991). There is no document unsure of where to plant and grow the first year.