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Pages 72-76

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From page 72...
... ; • To extend and sustain the programs at other institutions collaborating with CIMMYT; • To begin integrating QPM into national programs, including support for in-country adaptive evaluations (including postharvest handling) ; • To create a "pipeline" for the tons of seed needed for commercial use; and • To support national breeding programs to develop QPM for their individual conditions.
From page 73...
... Resistance to downy mildew should also be developed in QPM to make it more beneficial for Asian countries where this fungal disease is serious. FIELD STABILITY Remaining questions about QPM's field stability, protein quality, and endosperm expression would best be answered by more definitive research, especially outside Mexico.
From page 74...
... MODIFYING AMINO ACID PROFILES Opportunities exist for further increasing the proportions of proteins that carry the most desirable amino acid patterns. For example, the prolamine protein fraction in today's QPM stocks comprises approximately 30 percent of the protein.
From page 75...
... Some general research needs follow: Creating indigenous foods using QPM. A major feature, not yet adequately addressed, is the acceptance of QPM for preparing maizebased foods such as tortillas, arepas, porridges, and gruels in actual local situations.
From page 76...
... When fed to pigs (without additional protein supplement) it gave growth rates as good as those of commercial swine diets containing protein concentrates.5 The first-discovered high-lysine sorghum has been tested on people in Lima, Peru, but proved to have poor digestibility (45 percent instead of 80 percent)


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