# Cassava research and cyanide

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/cassava-research-and-cyanide-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 476,989 |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on the presence, synthesis, metabolism, and detoxification of cyanogenic glycosides, particularly in cassava plants. It explores the impact of cyanide in industrial wastewaters, biotreatment methods, plant chemical defense mechanisms, genomic sequencing of cassava, breeding opportunities and challenges, as well as the physiological effects and treatment of cyanide poisoning. |
| Domain | Life Sciences |
| Field | Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T12305 |
| Works | 72,373 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Guido Kroemer](https://scholariq.org/researchers/guido-kroemer/)
- [Douglas R. Green](https://scholariq.org/researchers/douglas-r-green/)
- [Peter J. Hotez](https://scholariq.org/researchers/peter-j-hotez/)
- [Pamela S. Soltis](https://scholariq.org/researchers/pamela-s-soltis/)
- [Josef Penninger](https://scholariq.org/researchers/josef-penninger/)
- [George M. Church](https://scholariq.org/researchers/george-m-church/)
- [Noboru Mizushima](https://scholariq.org/researchers/noboru-mizushima/)
- [Carlos López-Otı́n](https://scholariq.org/researchers/carlos-lopez-ot-n/)
- [Jens Nielsen](https://scholariq.org/researchers/jens-nielsen/)
- [David C. Rubinsztein](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-c-rubinsztein/)
- [Lorenzo Galluzzi](https://scholariq.org/researchers/lorenzo-galluzzi/)
- [Alisdair R. Fernie](https://scholariq.org/researchers/alisdair-r-fernie/)

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