Table 3.
Carbohydrate accumulation in the initial growth period after seedling establishment of cassava in the Corpoica (Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria; Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research) field sites at Turipana and El Guamo in Colombia. An average of 15 genotypes is shown (source: Duque, 2012).
| Carbohydrate (μmol g−1 dry weight) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaf blade | Stems | |||
| Days from plant establishment | Total sugars | Starch | Total sugars | Starch |
| 0 | 75 | 15 | 121 | 293 |
| 15 | 78 | 14 | 178 | 332 |
| 30 | 79 | 19 | 192 | 659 |
| 45 | 101 | 5 | 239 | 1016 |