Research Article

Diversity, Physicochemical and Technological Characterization of Elite Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Cultivars of Bantè, a District of Central Benin

Table 4

Physicochemical composition of the three most preferred cassava elite cultivars.

Chemical composition Idilèrou Odohoungbo Molèkangan

Starches (WW) (%)24.70 ± 0.10a24.47 ± 0.49a25.5 ± 0.02a
Dry matters (%)43.15 ± 0.26a42.34 ± 0.42a44.67 ± 0.21b
Fibers (%)0.90 ± 0.010a0.80 ± 0.02b1.02 ± 0.010c
Cyanide (mg/kg)50.19 ± 0.04a50.13 ± 0.03a50.24 ± 0.04a
Total sugars (WW)
(%)
40.20 ± 0.10b39.46 ± 0.20a41.13 ± 0.03c

The value with the same superscript letter in the row are not significantly different from each other at probability .