Vitamin A biofortification in Musa: Status, bottlenecks and prospects

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 897, Issue , 2011, Pages 169-178

  Davey, M W ^a   Van Den Bergh, I ^b   Roux, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding strategy; Provitamin A carotenoids; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MUSA;

EID: 80053355539     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2011.897.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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