The relative role of soil, climate, and genotype in the variation of nutritional value of Annona senegalensis fruits and leaves.

ABSTRACT: Annona senegalensis Pers is a multipurpose tree species valued for food and medicinal uses in Africa. Although there have been attempts to document the proximate composition of fruits and leaves, little is known about the relative role of soil, climate, and genotype on the nutritional quality. The present study evaluated the variation of the proximate composition of fruits and leaves in populations from Benin and Mozambique. It further assessed the impact of soil, climate and genotype on the proximate composition. Data were collected from four populations genetically different and analyzed using descriptive statistics, analysis of variance (ANOVA), principal component analysis, redundancy analysis (RDA), and variance partitioning. Results revealed significant variation in the proxim

SUBMITTER: Donhouede JCF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10448471 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature