BRS 420: Early maturity cassava cultivar for production of flour and starch, adapted to notill planting and mechanization.

The cultivar BRS 420 has superior starch yields in early and late harvest, moderate resistance to the main diseases of the crop, adaptation to mechanized planting and to the no-till system, as well as rapid formation of soil cover (which assists in weed control). It represents an alternative for cassava growers in Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]