Christopher R Davis

TL;DR: Efforts to add nutritional value to cassava by increasing the contents of protein, minerals, starch, and β-carotene are underway and carotenoid-rich yellow and orange cassava may be a foodstuff for delivering provitamin A to vitamin A-depleted populations.

TL;DR: Cassava is a nutritionally strategic famine crop for developing countries and, therefore, reducing its toxicity and improving its nutritional value is crucial.

TL;DR: Most of the provitamin A degradation in biofortified maize hybrids occurred during storage compared with cooking and the magnitude of this effect varied among genotypes.

TL;DR: Maize with enhanced provitamin A carotenoids (biofortified), accomplished through conventional plant breeding, maintains vitamin A (VA) status in Mongolian gerbils and liver retinol was higher in the VA and β-carotene groups than in the control groups.

TL;DR: β-Cryptoxanthin-biofortified maize is a potential vehicle to elevate provitamin A equivalents and to enhance the color of yolks and could lead to a human health benefit if widely adopted.