Selection of sweet cassava accessions with high content of carotenoids.
Selection of sweet cassava accessions with high content of carotenoids.
Author(s): OLIVEIRA, L. A. de; KIMURA, M.; SANTOS, V. da S.; OLIVEIRA, E. J. de; SANTOS, A. de O.; SOUSA, M. R.; AMORIM, T. da S.; FIUZA, A. U. R.
Summary: Cassava is a drought-tolerant, staple food crop grown in tropical and subtropical areas where many people are afflicted with undernutrition, making it a potentially valuable food source for developing countries. Efforts to add nutritional value to cassava by increasing the contents of protein and carotenoid are underway.
Publication year: 2012
Types of publication: Abstract in annals or event proceedings
Unit: Embrapa Cassava & Fruits
Keywords: cassava
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