Abstract

RODRIGUEZ-DE SOL, Dania; MORALES-TEJON, Alfredo; MORALES-RODRIGUEZ, Alfredo  and  RODRIGUEZ-MORALES, Sergio J.. ‘INIVIT B-27-2017’, new sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) lam.) cultivar biofortified rich in vitamin A. cultrop [online]. 2018, vol.39, n.2, pp. 109-109. ISSN 1819-4087.

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is one of the most harmful forms of malnutrition in the world. The sweet orange mass (β-carotene) is a profitable source of vitamin A. For this reason, in recent years the program of genetic improvement of this crop in Cuba has had among its objectives, the obtaining of cultivars with this character. One of them is the 'INIVIT B-27 2017', which has an intense orange color in its mass

Keywords : color; mass; breeding.

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