yacon: Data Yacon

In myaseen208/agricolae: Statistical Procedures for Agricultural Research

Data Yacon

Description

The yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) is a plant native to the Andes, considered a traditional crop in Peru and natural source of FOS, which is a type of carbohydrate that can not be digested by the and the human body that have joined several beneficial properties in health, such as improve the absorption of calcium, reducing the level of triglycerides and cholesterol and stimulate better gastrointestinal function.

Proportion or fraction of the plant that is used (seeds, fruit, root) on dry basis. Part usable in a proportion of total mass dissected. Plant of frijol, weight = 100g and frijol = 50g then, IH = 50/100 = 0.5 or 50 percentaje. Degrees Brix is a measurement of the mass ratio of dissolved sugar to water in a liquid.

Usage

data(yacon)

Format

A data.frame with 432 observations on the following 19 variables.

Details

• locality a factor with levels, Cajamarca, Lima, Oxapampa in PERU

• site site

• dose a factor with levels F0, F150, and F80

• entry a factor with levels AKW5075, AMM5136, AMM5150, AMM5163, ARB5125, CLLUNC118, P1385, and SAL136

• replication replication

• height plant height, centimeters

• stalks number of stalks

• wfr weight of fresh roots, grams

• wff weight of fresh foliage, grams

• wfk weight fresh kroner, grams

• roots matter of dried roots, grams

• FOS fructo-oligosaccharides, percentage

• glucose glucose

• fructose fructose

• sucrose sucrose

• brix brix

• foliage foliage

• dry dry

• IH IH

Source

CIP. Experimental field, 2003, Data Kindly provided by Ivan Manrique and Carolina Tasso.

References

International Potato Center. CIP - Lima Peru.

Examples

library(agricolae)
data(yacon)
str(yacon) 

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