yuca


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yu·ca

 (yo͞o′kə)
n.

[American Spanish, from Taíno.]
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Por todo lo expuesto los objetivos planteados en este estudio fueron: 1) estimar la huella de carbono en la produccion mecanizada de maiz, camote y yuca, y 2) identificar y proponer opciones de mitigacion en la costa del Peru.
"Because of changes in the weather, our yuca plants were growing smaller and their flesh was covered in black spots, like some sort of sickness," Ushigua says.
Uno de los tratamientos poscosecha utilizados actualmente para la conservacion de la yuca es mediante el uso de recubrimientos a base de parafina.
Yuca K, Yuca SA, Cankaya H, Caksen H, Calka O, Kiris M.
Emine Ayca Cimbek (1), Yasar Sen (2), Askin Sen (3), Sevil Ari Yuca (2), Fuat Bugrul (2)
By summer, the family had turned to yuca, a common root vegetable, which grew in a plot owned by a relative a short bus ride away.