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New Study Examines Cassava's Vitamin A Trade-Off
Original: Cassava’s Vitamin A Dilemma: New Study Untangles the Carotenoid–Dry Matter Trade-Off
A new study addresses a longstanding challenge in cassava breeding: varieties enriched with provitamin A carotenoids tend to have lower dry matter content, reducing yields of the staple food. Researchers say the findings clarify the trade-off and could guide breeding of biofortified cassava that keeps both nutritional value and the starchy quality millions of people rely on.
Why now: Cassava is a staple crop for hundreds of millions, so breakthroughs on its nutrition-versus-yield trade-off matter widely
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- Cassava’s Vitamin A Dilemma: New Study Untangles the Carotenoid–Dry Matter Trade-Off · Bioengineer.org
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