Definition of sensory and instrumental thresholds of acceptability for selection of cassava genotypes with improved boiling properties

Iragaba Paula, Adinsi Laurent, Delgado Luis Fernando, Nanyonjo Ann Ritah, Nuwamanya Ephraim, Wembabazi Enoch, Kanaabi Michael, Honfozo Laurenda, Hotegni Francis, Djibril Moussa Imayath, Londoño Luis Fernando, Bugaud Christophe, Dufour Dominique, Kawuki Robert Sezi, Akissoé Noël H., Tran Thierry. 2024. Definition of sensory and instrumental thresholds of acceptability for selection of cassava genotypes with improved boiling properties. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 12 p.

Résumé : BACKGROUND: Consumers of boiled cassava in Africa, Latin America and Asia use specific preference criteria to evaluate its cooking quality, in terms of texture, colour and taste. To improve adoption rates of improved cassava varieties intended for consumption after boiling, these preference criteria need to be determined, quantified and integrated as post-harvest quality traits in the target product profile of boiled cassava, so that breeding programs may screen candidate varieties based on both agronomic traits and consumer preference traits. RESULTS: Surveys of various end-user groups identified seven priority quality attributes of boiled cassava covering root preparation, visual aspect, taste and texture. Three populations of contrasted cassava genotypes, from good-cooking to bad-cooking, in three countries (Uganda, Benin, Colombia) were then characterized according to these quality attributes by sensory quantitative descriptive analysis (QDA) and by standard instrumental methods. Consumers' preferences of the texture attributes mealiness and hardness were also determined. By analysis of correlations, the consumers' preferences scores were translated into thresholds of acceptability in terms of QDA scores, then in terms of instrumental measurements (water absorption during boiling and texture analysis). The thresholds of acceptability were used to identify among the Colombian and Benin populations promising genotypes for boiled cassava quality. CONCLUSION: This work demonstrates the steps of determining priority quality attributes for boiled cassava and establishing their corresponding quantitative thresholds of acceptability. The information can then be included in boiled cassava target product profiles used by cassava breeders, for better selection and adoption rates of new varieties.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : manioc, propriété organoleptique, comportement du consommateur, analyse organoleptique, acceptabilité, préférence alimentaire, critère de sélection, caractère agronomique, spectroscopie infrarouge, enquête auprès des consommateurs, instrument de mesure

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Bénin, Colombie, Ouganda, Amérique latine

Mots-clés libres : Consumer preferences, Post-harvest processing, Boiled cassava, Cassava breeding, Product profile

Agences de financement hors UE : Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

Projets sur financement : (FRA) Breeding RTB Products for End User Preferences

Auteurs et affiliations

• Iragaba Paula, NaCRRI (UGA)
• Adinsi Laurent, UAC (BEN)
• Delgado Luis Fernando, CIAT (COL)
• Nanyonjo Ann Ritah, NaCRRI (UGA)
• Nuwamanya Ephraim, NaCRRI (UGA)
• Wembabazi Enoch, NaCRRI (UGA)
• Kanaabi Michael, NaCRRI (UGA)
• Honfozo Laurenda, UAC (BEN)
• Hotegni Francis, UAC (BEN)
• Djibril Moussa Imayath, UAC (BEN)
• Londoño Luis Fernando, CIAT (COL)
• Bugaud Christophe, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR Qualisud (FRA)
• Dufour Dominique, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR Qualisud (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-7794-8671
• Kawuki Robert Sezi, NaCRRI (UGA)
• Akissoé Noël H., UAC (BEN)
• Tran Thierry, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR Qualisud (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-9557-3340 - auteur correspondant

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/608648/)

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