Claim · model-written summary
NIRs predicted total ?-carotene with R2 of 0.93.
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentae0 - Outcome
- total ?-carotenee1
- Value
- 0.93e1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“cassava roots”
e1“0.93 for total ?-carotene (TBC)”
Title
Teresa Sánchez Sánchez; Daniela Weyrich ORTIZ; Hernán Ceballos; et al. 2012
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- Method / resource NIRs predicted total carotenoids content with R2 of 0.91.
- Method / resource NIRs predicted dry matter content with R2 of 0.95.
- Method / resource NIRs was less efficient for cyanogenic potential, with R2 of 0,81.
- Method / resource NIRs cross-validation standard error for TCC was 1.191.
- Method / resource NIRs cross-validation standard error for TBC was 0.837.
- Method / resource NIRs residual predictive deviations were acceptable and above 3.0.
- Method / resource Minolta Chromameter predicted TCC with R2 of 0.58.
- Method / resource Minolta Chromameter predicted TBC with R2 of 0.64.
- Observation Carotenoid and precursor proportions did not suggest a major metabolic blockage toward ?-carotene synthesis.
- Association Pigments downstream of phytoene were found in correlated proportions.