The effect of pre‐harvest pruning of cassava upon root deterioration and quality characteristics

By Q. V. Oirschot, G. O'Brien, D. Dufour, Mabrouk A. El-Sharkawy, Eloina Mesa. 2000

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Stress-Tolerant Cassava: The Role of Integrative Ecophysiology-Breeding Research in Crop Improvement (2012, background): “However, preharvest pruning in the three weeks before harvest decreases root deterioration because of increases in the total sugar/starch ratio in the roots [22].”
Postharvest Handling and Storage of Fresh Cassava Root and Products: a Review (2015, background): “In addition, Van Oirschot et al. (2000) observed that pruning cassava plant 2 weeks before harvesting is another technique that reduces the susceptibility of this physiological deteriorative response of the root.”
Variation of quality traits in cassava roots evaluated in landraces and improved clones (2005, background): “Protein content was estimated by multiplying N concentrations by a constant of 6.25, although HockHin and Van-Den, reported in 1996 that in the case of cassava this figure is probably ranging from 4.75 to 5.87.”
International research on cassava photosynthesis, productivity, eco-physiology, and responses to environmental stresses in the tropics (2006, background): “Because of perishability after harvest (van Oirschot et al. 2000), the roots have to be used immediately or processed into dry products, though pruning of tops three weeks before harvest reduces the rate of deterioration.”