Vol. 7, Issue 5 (2019)
Nutritional composition of elite genetic resources of foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) Beauv)
Author(s): GK Pavan Kumar, AVS Durga Prasad and CV Chandra Mohan Reddy
Abstract: Foxtail millet grains possess enormous nutrients content that enable to tackle lifestyle diseases including obesity, diabetes etc. The genetic resources studied exhibited highly significant differences for all the nutritional parameters viz., protein, carbohydrate, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper and manganese. Large amount of variation was observed among the genotypes for protein content ranging from 10.50 to 18.38 percent with a mean value of 14.10 per cent. The mean value of carbohydrate content was 61.87 per cent and ranged from 50.05 and 76.42 per cent. The genotypes for calcium content ranged between 16.00 and 40.00 per cent and overall mean was 24.03 per cent. Considerable variation was also observed for magnesium per cent ranging from 4.80 to 31.20 with a mean value of 15.10. The overall mean value of iron content was 10.88 per cent and ranged from 4.42 and 32.50 per cent. The mean values for zinc ranged between 1.53 and 7.07 per cent and overall mean was 3.26 per cent. Considerable variation was also observed for copper per cent ranging from 0.86 to 2.76 with a mean value of 1.26. The mean values for manganese ranged between 1.31 and 4.12 per cent and overall mean was 2.33 per cent. Results indicated that ample scope is available to exploit nutrients for the health and therapeutic benefits of consumers. The most promising genotypes for nutritional characters may be chosen as ‘donors’ for utilization in biofortification programmes of this millet.
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GK Pavan Kumar, AVS Durga Prasad, CV Chandra Mohan Reddy. Nutritional composition of elite genetic resources of foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) Beauv). Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(5):568-572.
