Claim · model-written summary
Some hybrids reached 5.7% root protein versus 2.3% in the common cultivar.
- Taxon
- Cassava
Manihot esculentat0 - Material
- hybridse0
- Organ / stage
- rootse0
- Outcome
- protein contente0
- Direction
- highe0
- Value
- 5.7%e0
- Qualifier
- 2.3% crude proteine0
- Comparator
- common cultivare0
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Verbatim
e0“Some hybrids produced roots with high protein content of up to 5.7%, while the common cultivar that we examined had just 2.3% crude protein.”
t0“Cassava”
Title
Cassava interspecific hybrids with increased protein content and improved amino acid profiles
P.T.C. Gomes; N.M.A. Nassar Genetics and Molecular Research 2013. doi:10.4238/2013.april.12.8
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Alanine, phenylalanine and valine were detected in hybrids.
- Observation Four hybrids had relatively high cysteine and methionine in roots.
- Observation One hybrid had a lysine proportion 20 times higher than the common cultivar.
- Observation Total cyanide ranged from 19.73 to 172.56 mg/kg.
- Observation Most analyzed roots were classified as non-toxic or low toxic.
- Observation Two progenies combined reasonable cyanide with higher protein and more advantageous amino acids than common cassava.