AU: Sidibe-M; Scheuring-JF; Tembely-D; Sidibe-MM; Hofman-P; Frigg-M
AD: Forestry Resources Programme, IER, BP 258, Bamako, Mali.
SO: Agroforestry-Today. 1996, 8: 2, 13-15; 6 ref. click to see pdf File
PY: 1996
LA: English

AB: Baobab (Adansonia digitata) fruits were collected from 2-3 trees sampled in 3-5 villages in each of 3 regions in Mali, the pulp scraped out and separated from the seeds and fibres, and analysed for vitamin C [ascorbic acid]. There was a 3-fold variation in vitamin C content - indicating significant potential for selecting trees and clones with a high vitamin C content. The traditional grouping of baobab trees by bark colour was not useful as a means of selection, since high vitamin C contents were found in all 3 types (black, red and grey barked). The possibility of producing high vitamin C trees of baobab by grafting is discussed, and the potential importance of the tree fruit in raising nutritional standards in the region emphasized.
DE: forest-trees; multipurpose-trees; plant-composition; vitamin-content; edible-species; fruits-; ascorbic-acid; genetic-variation; composition-; nutritive-value; plant-genetic-resources; tropical-crops; fruit-crops
OD: Adansonia-digitata
GE: Mali-
RN: 50-81-7
BT: Adansonia; Bombacaceae; Malvales; dicotyledons; angiosperms; Spermatophyta; plants; Least-Developed-Countries; Developing-Countries; ACP-Countries; Francophone-Africa; West-Africa; Africa-South-of-Sahara; Africa
CC: KK100; KK600; FF040; QQ070; FF020; QQ500; PP720
CD: Forestry-General; Agroforestry; Plant-Composition; Other-Produce; Plant-Breeding-and-Genetics; Food-Composition-and-Quality; Biological Resources-Plant
PT: Journal-article
IS: 1013-9591
UD: 960701
AN: 960605612