1CIP-Liaison Office for the Central Asia and Caucasus Region, CGIAR-CAC, Murtazaeva Str. 6, 700000, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
*E-mail: c.carli@cgiar.org
“HarvestPlus is an international, interdisciplinary, research program that seeks to reduce micronutrient malnutrition by harnessing the powers of agriculture and nutrition research to breed nutrient dense staple foods (www.harvestplus.org)”.
Potato is an important co-staple in Central Asia, and also a potential source of bioavailable minerals for human nutrition. The content of minerals Fe, Zn, P and Ca was determined in the tubers of ten potato varieties using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) assay. Varieties Picasso and Nevskiy had the highest iron content of 17.5 and 17.0 mg/kg on dry weight basis, respectively. It is interesting to notice that Nevskiy also ranked best in terms of zinc content (18 mg/kg dw). Positive and highly significant correlations (0.69 at p ≤ 0.001) were observed between iron and calcium content.
