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

Table 3

Mineral composition of the 18 taro genotypes.

GENOTYPE	P (%)	K (%)	Ca (%)	Mg (%)	Cu (mg/100 g)	Fe (mg/100 g)
CE/MAL/32	0.17	0.66	0.49	0.38	0.43	0.67
BL/SM/10	0.14	0.66	0.47	0.37	0.49	0.47
BL/SM/16	0.19	0.65	0.43	0.34	0.53	0.18
BL/SM/116	0.15	0.68	0.53	0.39	0.35	0.57
BL/SM/80	0.12	0.71	0.58	0.43	0.42	0.71
CE/IND/12	0.16	0.77	0.47	0.41	0.87	0.73
BL/SM/115	0.13	0.70	0.60	0.44	0.48	0.76
BL/SM/151	0.15	0.48	0.50	0.42	0.15	0.65
CE/MAL/14	0.16	0.83	0.49	0.42	0.47	0.62
SAO/006	0.18	0.78	0.72	0.53	0.31	0.85
CE/IND/16	0.14	0.34	0.62	0.47	0.15	1.03
BL/SM/132	0.17	0.59	0.58	0.48	0.35	0.71
BL/SM/158	0.16	0.71	0.67	0.47	0.26	0.81
EX-BUNSO	0.17	0.66	0.44	0.43	0.47	0.84
SAO/020	0.17	0.49	0.59	0.46	0.78	0.77
ELO/002	0.19	0.66	0.29	0.28	0.36	0.51
KA/019	0.23	0.65	0.33	0.29	0.45	0.82
KA/035	0.21	0.69	0.51	0.41	0.30	1.18
LSD (<0.05)	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.66	0.49

P (%) = Percentage phosphorus, K (%) = Percentage potassium, Ca (%) = Percentage calcium, Mg (%) = Percentage magnesium, Fe = Iron, Cu = Copper.