Vol. 6, Issue 3 (2018)
Evaluation and characterization of leafy vegetables (Amaranthus spp.) grown in Chhattisgarh: A review
Author(s): Deepika Chandravanshi, Pravin Kumar Sharma and HG Sharma
Abstract: The present investigation entitled “Evaluation and Characterization of Leafy Vegetables (Amaranthus spp.) grown in Chhattisgarh.†was conducted at Research and Instructional Farm, Department of Horticulture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) during the experiment 1 conducted during rabi season of 2014-2015 and 2015-16 while experiment 2 was conducted during kharif season of the both year. Amaranth is one of the main species of the large and taxonomically diverse group of tropical leaf vegetables. It is a fast growing crop with a high yield potential in a short period and suitable for crop rotation with any other vegetable crop. Because of its low production costs, amaranth is one of the cheapest dark-green leafy vegetables in tropical markets and is often described as the poor man’s vegetable. The nutritional value of amaranth is excellent because of its high content of essential micronutrients: amaranth leaves are a good source of ß -carotene, iron, calcium, vitamin C and folic acid. Amaranth belongs to the genus Amaranthus of the family Amaranthaceae. Amaranthus has many species which are used as leafy vegetables, the green Amaranthus consist of approximately 60 species out of which about 18 species are occurring in India. There are three major producing Amaranthus species, A. caudatus, A. cruentus and A. hypochondriacus, all believed to originate from Central and South America; and three major leafy vegetable species, A. tricolor, A. dubius and A. blitum (A. lividus), of which A. tricolor is thought to originate from India or Southern China, A. blitum from Central Europe and A. dubius from Central America (Yadav et al., 2014).
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Deepika Chandravanshi, Pravin Kumar Sharma, HG Sharma. Evaluation and characterization of leafy vegetables (Amaranthus spp.) grown in Chhattisgarh: A review. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(3):697-704.
