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HarvestPlus final Project report on 'Identification and deployment of pVAC-rich plantain varieties'
Plantains (Musa spp. AAB) serve as a staple for millions of people in Africa and is one of the target crops for addressing provitamin A (pVA) deficiency. This project focuses on a food-based intervention against vitamin A ...
5319 Amd 3 Musa IITA 17 MTR_Task 2: Crop Improvement, Cultivar Screening: identification of variation in total carotenoid and pVAC content in plantain varieties
Sixty-four plantain accessions were screened for provitamin A carotenoid content using HPLC and total carotenoids using spectrophotometry to identify high carotenoid plantains for breeding or fast-track delivery. Results ...