Relationship between Hunter Color values and β-carotene contents in white-fleshed african sweetpotatoes (Ipomoea batatas Lam)

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-306

  Ameny, Michael A ^a,b   Wilson, Paul W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

carotenoids; Hunter meter; sweetpotato; Uganda; carotene

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030935313     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199703)73:3<301::aid-jsfa726>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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