Biochemical Charcterization of Some Taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) Germplasm in Ghana

Table 2

Chemical composition of the 18 taro genotypes.

Genotype	Protein (%)	Moisture (%)	Ash (%)	Fat (%)	Fibre (%)	Carbohydrate (%)	Energy (%)
CE/MAL/32	13.06	6.12	1.59	1.43	1.71	76.08	34.56
BL/SM/10	22.52	6.07	1.41	2.87	1.71	65.42	35.34
BL/SM/16	24.54	5.93	1.39	3.60	2.11	62.43	35.58
BL/SM/116	13.95	5.84	1.58	1.33	1.58	75.71	34.56
BL/SM/80	23.62	6.13	1.50	1.64	1.05	66.05	34.93
CE/IND/12	21.14	6.27	1.77	2.50	1.65	66.67	35.06
BL/SM/115	19.76	6.39	1.28	1.37	1.15	70.04	34.83
BL/SM/151	23.31	6.11	1.06	1.44	1.43	66.65	34.85
CE/MAL/14	19.24	5.99	1.62	2.55	1.23	69.36	35.28
SAO/006	19.85	6.13	1.84	1.38	1.45	69.34	34.53
CE/IND/16	19.06	5.99	1.35	1.85	1.46	70.29	34.94
BL/SM/132	25.70	6.17	1.11	1.73	1.02	64.26	35.12
BL/SM/158	19.86	6.12	1.29	1.72	1.14	69.88	35.01
EX-BUNSO	15.73	5.73	1.25	2.19	1.20	73.91	35.24
SAO/020	25.43	6.25	1.16	2.73	1.65	62.78	35.38
ELO/002	19.95	5.89	1.20	1.80	1.67	69.50	34.90
KA/019	23.19	5.99	1.15	1.04	1.24	67.38	34.68
KA/035	14.93	6.12	1.32	1.21	2.12	74.30	34.40
LSD(<0.05)	0.81	0.23	0.21	0.26	0.18	0.86	0.15