Vol. 6, Issue 6 (2018)
Erucic acid and glucosinolate variability in Brassica juncea L
Author(s): Subha Lakshmi Saikia, Gyanendra Kumar Rai, RK Salgotra, SK Rai, Monika Singh and PK Rai
Abstract: An experiment was conducted during 2016-2017 to study the most important anti-nutritional compounds i.e. erucic acid and glucosinolates in fifteen genotypes of Brassica juncea L. Significant differences (p≤0.05) were observed among the Brassica juncea L. genotypes for the undesirable characters of edible oil, viz. erucic acid and glucosinolates. The erucic acid content ranged from from 0.90 to 59.83 %. Maximum erucic acid content i.e. 51.83% was estimated in SKJM-5 closely followed by Pusa Tarak (50.74%) and Pusa Bold (49.57%), whereas maximum erucic acid content was noted in Pusa Karisma (0.9%). The glucosinolate content varied from 58.83-132.26 μmol/g defatted seed meal. RSPR-01 genotype showed minimum glucosinolate content, whereas maximum was observed in Pusa Tarak. The significant variability of the erucic acid and glucosinolate content in the various Brassica juncea L. genotypes observed in the present study can be utilized in the breeding programmes to develop genotypes with higher qualitative potential.
Pages: 1223-1226 | 406 Views 116 Downloads
download (5886KB)
How to cite this article:
Subha Lakshmi Saikia, Gyanendra Kumar Rai, RK Salgotra, SK Rai, Monika Singh, PK Rai. Erucic acid and glucosinolate variability in Brassica juncea L. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(6):1223-1226.
