and nontraditional food or cash crops. In addition, municipal
and agricultural wastes may be used for energy production
(Rist et al. 2009). However, the choice of feedstock is based
on availability, competition between food and non-food
products, and cost (Londo et al. 2010), thus making the
search for an optimal feedstock of uttermost importance. The
high productivity and yield of cassava (Ziska et al. 2009),
along with its ability to grow on marginal soils (Dixon et al.
2002), requiring a minimum of labor (Chiwona-Karltun et al.
1998) and management costs (Jannson et al. 2009), have
placed it among the candidates for bio-ethanol production