β-carotene content of selected banana genotypes from Uganda

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 5423-5430

  Fungo, Robert ^a   Pillay, Michael ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

carotene; Banana; Cultivars; Plantain; Vitamin a deficiency

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; BANANA; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT COLOR; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PLANT GENETICS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; UGANDA; VARIETAS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

MUSA;

EID: 79959754845     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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