Adoption of improved cassava varieties by processors is linked to processing characteristics and products biophysical attributes
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2022-01-09
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Wiley
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Evidence from community cassava processors on product quality traits that influence
variety adoption was combined with laboratory methods to identify potential predictors of quality traits of new varieties. The study revealed that high product yield,
high starch content, high solubility index (SI), high peak viscosity (PV), low setback
viscosity, and delayed root color change (delayed postharvest physiological deterioration) are possible laboratory indicators that could be used as proxies for predicting
product quality and variety adoption decisions of cassava processors. Fufu exhibited
higher swelling power, SI, and PV than gari from the same varieties. Processors preferred quality characteristics are difficult to measure for several hundreds of new
germplasms in the early stages of the breeding cycle. The information presented may
be helpful during the breeding of new, improved varieties by using the physical and
chemical properties of the roots that predict processors’ preferred quality traits
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Adebayo B. Abass, Wasiu Awoyale, Ademola Ogundapo, Olayemi Oluwasoga, Gregory Nwaoliwe, James Oyelekan, Luke Oyesola Olarinde (2022). The adoption of improved cassava varieties by processors is linked to processing characteristics and the product's biophysical attributes. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 46(3): e16350. https://doi.org/10.1111/JFPP.16350.