
HarvestPlus Zimbabwe
February 20, 2025 at 07:49 AM
#faq Where did Vitamin A Orange maize🌽 come from?
Vitamin A Orange maize is one of many naturally occurring maize types that has a bright orange color because of the high levels of provitamin A carotenoids that it contains. When eaten, these provitamin A carotenoids are converted by the body into Vitamin A.
Plant breeders used conventional plant breeding techniques to improve the agronomic traits of these orange maize landraces to make them:
i) Higher yielding, with a yield potential of 10t/ha
ii) Early maturing and drought-tolerant
iii) Pest and disease-tolerant
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