Application of Multivariate Techniques for Characterizing Composition of Starches and Sugars in Six High Yielding CMD Resistant Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Varieties

Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa^1*, Agnes Simpson Budu¹, Clement Asiedu¹, Linley Chiwona-Karltun² and Drinah B Nyirenda³

¹Department of Nutrition & Food Science, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 134 Legon-Accra, Ghana, E-mail: budu@edu.com

²Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Urban & Rural Development, Box 7012, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden, E-mail: budu@edu.com

³Department of Animal Science, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, E-mail: budu@edu.com

^*Corresponding Author: Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, Department of Nutrition & Food Science, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 134 Legon-Accra, Ghana, Tel: +233-244-685893