42-48Fifteen STMS primer pairs were used to study the intra- and inter-population diversity of fo... more 42-48Fifteen STMS primer pairs were used to study the intra- and inter-population diversity of four locally common red rice landrace populations of North-western Indian Himalayas, in the states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. Two other local rice landraces were also included in the study for comparison. A total of 50 alleles, 48 common and 2 rare, were recorded and the mean number of alleles per locus was 3.33. Molecular diversity in red rice and other landraces was moderate to low with per cent polymorphism ranging from 26.67 to 66.67. Of the 50 alleles, 12 were unique to red rice, 9 were unique to other two landraces and 29 were common across both groups. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed that diversity was partitioned more among populations (72.59%) within groups (red rice vs others), followed by within any given population (19.63%) among groups and least (7.78%) among groups. Pair-wise estimates of FST, computed by distance method using AMOVA approach, am...
An experiment was conducted during the rainy (kharif) season of 1988-92 to study stability analys... more An experiment was conducted during the rainy (kharif) season of 1988-92 to study stability analysis in 3 genotypes of sweet buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) and 10 genotypes of bitter buckwheat [F. tataricum (L.) Gaerun]. The varieties performed differently during different years and showed significant genotype X environment interactions for plant height, leaf length, branches/plant and seed yield. 'Himpriya' and 'IC 18889-' were found stable for branches/plant, seed weight and seed yield in 5 years. Though 'Kulu Gangri I', 'IC 13376" 'IC 18869' and 'VHC 26' showed high mean performance, were found unstable either due to linear or non·linear genotype x environment interaction. Based on their high·mean performance these varieties may be tested further in different locations in different years to establish their superiority and stability.
This study was aimed to evaluate genotypic variability and character association in grain amarant... more This study was aimed to evaluate genotypic variability and character association in grain amaranth genotypes for agronomically useful and yield contributing traits. The characters like leaf blade width, lateral spikelet length and grain yield per plant showed high GCV and PCV values. Genotypic coefficient of variation for different characters ranged from 11.60 to 42.73%. The highest GCV was recorded with grain yield per plant (42.73%). High heritability exhibited for all the characters studied ranged from 97.81 to 99.98%. The estimates of heritability were observed to be high in magnitude for days to 80 % maturity, days to 50 % flowering, leaf blade width, inflorescence length and plant height. At genotypic level, seed yield per plant showed highly significant positive correlation with days to 80% maturity (rg = 0.696) and plant height (rg = 0.403) and significant positive correlation with days to 50% flowering (rg = 0.338). Inflorescence length had significant positive correlation ...
One hundred and fifty five germplasm accessions of wheat collected from North-Western Himalaya we... more One hundred and fifty five germplasm accessions of wheat collected from North-Western Himalaya were characterized for qualitative and quantitative traits. The germplasm have shown wide range of variability for all the characters studied. Maximum accessions were found to possess spreading type of growth, late maturity, white ear, awned, amber, semi-hard oblong bold grain, grain size (38–50 g) and medium brush hair length. Results for quantitative traits also reveal a wide range for ear length (6.0–13.8 cm) and thousand grain weight (25–66 g). Seven genotypes were found to possess seedling resistance against 21R55 pathotype of leafrust whereas only two genotypes have shown resistant reaction against 121 R63-1 pathotypes of leaf rust. The data on yield contributing traits reveals the potential of some of the germplasm accessions viz., WLG43, WLG44 and WLG 171 for their utilization in wheat improvement programme.
A set of 53 genetically diverse genotypes of Chenopodium album L. ongmating from different agro-e... more A set of 53 genetically diverse genotypes of Chenopodium album L. ongmating from different agro-ecological areas of Himalayas and 3 exotic introductions of C. quinoa from South America was tested and analysed for genetic variability, correlation and path coefficient analysis. A wide range of variation was observed for all the traits. Phenotypic coefficient of variation and genotypic coefficient of variations were highest for inforescence length, number of leaves on main shoot, number of branches/plant and plant height. Heritability and genetic advance (in broad sense) were high for plant height, number of leaves on main shoot and days to mature. Grain yield showed positive association with inflorescence length, days to flower, number of branches per plant and leaf length. Inflorescence length had highest and positive direct effect on grain yield followed by days to flower and number of branches per plant. On the basis all the variability and productivity parameters studied, inflores...
Forty genotypes of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) from different parts of India were gro... more Forty genotypes of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) from different parts of India were grouped into 12 clusters. Intra-cluster D2 values were 0-11.07 and inter-cluster 14.40-48.36. Cluster VII ranked first for seed yield/plant (25.06 g), branches/plant (6.80) and leaf length (6.37 cm). Genetic diversity and geographical distribution were not related. 'IC 37312' originating from Sikkim was most divergent among all the genotypes. The 4 canonical vectors accounted for 97.57% of the total genetic variation. Plant height contributed maximum (36.94%) toward divergence. 'IC 13375', 'Kulu Gangri', 'Himpriya', 'IC 16654', 'IC 37275', 'IC 107992' and'IC 17312' were found promising genotypes for buckwheat improvement.
Feeding the growing global human population is a tough challenge. Researchers look towards lesser... more Feeding the growing global human population is a tough challenge. Researchers look towards lesser known food crops which are nutritionally adequate, if not superior than the common major crops. Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tartaricum L. Gaerth), also called ‘pseudocereal’, is one such multipurpose crop with promising nutritive value. To enhance utilization of buckwheat as supplement food, here, we did genetic diversity analysis for nutritional parameters. Significant genetic diversity was observed in buckwheat germplasm for 24 nutritional parameters including total oil content (0.75-5.45%), oleic acid (36.98-47.87%), linoleic acid (32.75-44.61%), total protein content (5.65-14.17%), lysine (4.19-8.63 g/16 g N), methionine (0.54-2.48 g/16 g N) and half cystine (0.82-3.57 g/16 g N). The entire germplasm was grouped into three clusters. Cluster I comprised accessions promising high oil, stearic acid, oleic acid, least in linoleic acid and essential amino acids. Cluster II had accessions promis...
Three hundred genotypes of rajmash were evaluated in Augmented Block Design during 2011. Morpholo... more Three hundred genotypes of rajmash were evaluated in Augmented Block Design during 2011. Morphological characterization revealed that the accessions could be grouped into two distinct classes, pigmentation on the neck of flower and pod tip. Maximum classes were observed in case of pod colour (9) followed by seed coat colour (8), primary color of wing petal (6), seed coat pattern (5) and primary color of standard petal (5). Highest frequency was recorded in case of stripes on neck of flower (89.33%) followed by pigmentation on neck of flowers (87.33%), pod colour at maturity (76.33%), pod colour (76.00%) and central vein colour (75.00%). Mean performances of accessions was less than checks for days to flowering, days to maturity, seeds per pod, 100-seed weight and seed yield per plant whereas reverse was recorded for plant height, pods per plant and pod length. There were significant differences between checks and accessions and between accessions for all the traits. It indicated pre...
Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2009
Plant genetic resources (PGR) are the basic raw materials required to cater current and future ne... more Plant genetic resources (PGR) are the basic raw materials required to cater current and future needs of crop improvement. Climate change is expected to result in increased frequency of abiotic stresses like drought, heat stress, submergence, increased soil salinity etc. The negative impacts of climate change are visible in the form of declining crop productivity, shifting in crop suitability areas, species migration and extinction, emergence of new pests and weeds and altered phenology. Already, the existing genetic base of our crops and varieties has shrunken, and in future we may find it difficult to cope with new climatic challenges with the existing information on genetic resources. Consequently, food and sustainable livelihood security of larger section of populations is jeopardized. Substantial knowledge and insight is, therefore, needed to gauge what types of diversity now exist in the gene banks, and what will be needed in the future. There is a need to assemble and screen germplasm strategically and discover new sources of variations which will enable us to address the very pertinent issue of climate change. Strategies like genetic enhancement/pre-breeding using crops wild relatives, developing core sets, focused identification of germplasm, mapping and cloning gene and gene constructs, allele mining, bioprospecting for novel biomolecules, and promoting on farm conservation in order to allow genes to evolve and respond to new environments would be of great help to mitigate the climate change impacts. There is also need to mobilize national and international opinion to make food security and poverty alleviation central in climate negotiations.
The North-western (N-W) Himalayas has highly varied agro-ecological conditions and predominantly ... more The North-western (N-W) Himalayas has highly varied agro-ecological conditions and predominantly vegetarian people. The high dependence on plants as food source resulted into the growing consumption of about 180 plant species by the inhabitants. The highly diverse ecology of the N-W Himalayas hosts much varied vegetation. As a consequence, wild relatives of crop plants have also an impressive array of diversity. Among these, the significant species diversity is found for Allium (18), Lactuca (16), Taraxacum (14), Agropyron (11), Vicia (11), Solanum (brinjal) relatives (9), Chenopodium (8) and Lathyrus (8), besides, wild relatives of species like Cicer microphyllum and Glycine max.
The Indian Himalayan region houses wide array of plant genetic resources due to its diverse clima... more The Indian Himalayan region houses wide array of plant genetic resources due to its diverse climatic conditions. India's recognition as a ‘mega-biodiversity’ country derives partly from the Himalayas wherein out of 6000 endemic plant species, 2532 species occur. Major genera for which rich diversity exists are - Oryza, Avena, Amaranthus, Chenopodium, Fagopyrum, Allium, Hordeum, Linum, Saccarum, Citrus, Musa, Pyrus, Prunus, Rubus, Fragaria, Sorbus, Rosa,Lilium,Vicia, Lepidium, Lathyrus, Dioscorea, Orchids, Cucumis, Solanum, and Trichosanthes, Bamboos and Canes. These plant species and varieties have contributed significantly to food and environment security of the hill people. It also provides stability to the food production systems by minimising crop losses due to diseases, insect pests and weather odds. Besides, there are several wild relatives possess genes for various purposes and has lot of breeding value. Despite that, the most distressing situation is that many of these valuable genetic resources are eroding at very high rate.The crops, folk varieties and landraces of local importance adapted to specific micro-climatic niches are being replaced by a few high yielding varieties and cash crops. Nonetheless, appreciable amount of diversity has been collected and being conserved ex situ by different institutions particularly the NBPGR and NAGS. Nearly, 300 cropspecific and multi-crops exploration trips have been undertaken and more than 30,000 germplasm accessions of various agri-horticultural crops including some of their wild relative have been assembled from Himalayan region while around 6000 have been introduced from exotic sources.
Fourty four accessions of buckwheat gennplasm, ofwhich 39 were ofIndian origin, 1 ofUSSR, 1 of Hu... more Fourty four accessions of buckwheat gennplasm, ofwhich 39 were ofIndian origin, 1 ofUSSR, 1 of Hungry and 3 ofJapan were grown in complete randomized block design. A random sample of5 plants for each accession was used for data recording on 12 traits. The coefficient ofvariation both at the phenotypic and genotypic level was high for seed yield! plant, seeds/cyme, leafwidth
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 2011
In the present study, the β-carotene, calcium, iron and zinc content in the leaves of 46 accessio... more In the present study, the β-carotene, calcium, iron and zinc content in the leaves of 46 accessions of three Chenopodium species viz. Chenopodium album, C. album ssp. amaranticolor and Chenopodium quinoa was investigated. A wide range of variability, inter-specific as well as varietal, for the β-carotene [0.19-5.91 mg 100 g(- 1) fresh weight (FW)], calcium (358.35-960.10 mg 100 g(- 1) FW), iron (0.56-7.90 mg 100 g(- 1) FW) and zinc content (0.07-4.26 mg 100 g(- 1) FW) was observed. The C. album ssp. amaranticolor accessions IC341710 and IC469275 had a high content of all the four nutrients and were ideal food to alleviate nutritional deficiencies in humans. Nutritionally rich IC341710 and IC469275 were further studied to estimate micronutrient retention in cooked leaves. Between the two methods used to cook leaves, stir-frying showed better retention of micronutrients than pressure cooking.
Buckwheat is one ofthe most important crops grown in tribal areas both for grain and green. Its c... more Buckwheat is one ofthe most important crops grown in tribal areas both for grain and green. Its cultivation is well spread from Jammu & Kashmir in the North-west to Arunachal Pradesh in the North-east. It is also best suited to the harsh climate of Himalayas where cropping period is very short. But in our recent explorations it has been experienced
Ajania fruticulosa (Ledeb.) Poljakov (Synonym: Tanacetum gracile) is a medicinal herb belonging t... more Ajania fruticulosa (Ledeb.) Poljakov (Synonym: Tanacetum gracile) is a medicinal herb belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is found in the Sarabi forest, Quetta, Pakistan. The genus Tanacetum comprises several species that are widespread in many countries of ...
Introduction Walnut grows as a wild species in mixed broadleaves forest from Southern Europe to I... more Introduction Walnut grows as a wild species in mixed broadleaves forest from Southern Europe to India. It is found in the Balkan area (Hungary, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Albany), Caucasus, Asia Minor (Turkey, North Iran and Iraq), central Asia (the North limit in ...
42-48Fifteen STMS primer pairs were used to study the intra- and inter-population diversity of fo... more 42-48Fifteen STMS primer pairs were used to study the intra- and inter-population diversity of four locally common red rice landrace populations of North-western Indian Himalayas, in the states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. Two other local rice landraces were also included in the study for comparison. A total of 50 alleles, 48 common and 2 rare, were recorded and the mean number of alleles per locus was 3.33. Molecular diversity in red rice and other landraces was moderate to low with per cent polymorphism ranging from 26.67 to 66.67. Of the 50 alleles, 12 were unique to red rice, 9 were unique to other two landraces and 29 were common across both groups. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed that diversity was partitioned more among populations (72.59%) within groups (red rice vs others), followed by within any given population (19.63%) among groups and least (7.78%) among groups. Pair-wise estimates of FST, computed by distance method using AMOVA approach, am...
An experiment was conducted during the rainy (kharif) season of 1988-92 to study stability analys... more An experiment was conducted during the rainy (kharif) season of 1988-92 to study stability analysis in 3 genotypes of sweet buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) and 10 genotypes of bitter buckwheat [F. tataricum (L.) Gaerun]. The varieties performed differently during different years and showed significant genotype X environment interactions for plant height, leaf length, branches/plant and seed yield. 'Himpriya' and 'IC 18889-' were found stable for branches/plant, seed weight and seed yield in 5 years. Though 'Kulu Gangri I', 'IC 13376" 'IC 18869' and 'VHC 26' showed high mean performance, were found unstable either due to linear or non·linear genotype x environment interaction. Based on their high·mean performance these varieties may be tested further in different locations in different years to establish their superiority and stability.
This study was aimed to evaluate genotypic variability and character association in grain amarant... more This study was aimed to evaluate genotypic variability and character association in grain amaranth genotypes for agronomically useful and yield contributing traits. The characters like leaf blade width, lateral spikelet length and grain yield per plant showed high GCV and PCV values. Genotypic coefficient of variation for different characters ranged from 11.60 to 42.73%. The highest GCV was recorded with grain yield per plant (42.73%). High heritability exhibited for all the characters studied ranged from 97.81 to 99.98%. The estimates of heritability were observed to be high in magnitude for days to 80 % maturity, days to 50 % flowering, leaf blade width, inflorescence length and plant height. At genotypic level, seed yield per plant showed highly significant positive correlation with days to 80% maturity (rg = 0.696) and plant height (rg = 0.403) and significant positive correlation with days to 50% flowering (rg = 0.338). Inflorescence length had significant positive correlation ...
One hundred and fifty five germplasm accessions of wheat collected from North-Western Himalaya we... more One hundred and fifty five germplasm accessions of wheat collected from North-Western Himalaya were characterized for qualitative and quantitative traits. The germplasm have shown wide range of variability for all the characters studied. Maximum accessions were found to possess spreading type of growth, late maturity, white ear, awned, amber, semi-hard oblong bold grain, grain size (38–50 g) and medium brush hair length. Results for quantitative traits also reveal a wide range for ear length (6.0–13.8 cm) and thousand grain weight (25–66 g). Seven genotypes were found to possess seedling resistance against 21R55 pathotype of leafrust whereas only two genotypes have shown resistant reaction against 121 R63-1 pathotypes of leaf rust. The data on yield contributing traits reveals the potential of some of the germplasm accessions viz., WLG43, WLG44 and WLG 171 for their utilization in wheat improvement programme.
A set of 53 genetically diverse genotypes of Chenopodium album L. ongmating from different agro-e... more A set of 53 genetically diverse genotypes of Chenopodium album L. ongmating from different agro-ecological areas of Himalayas and 3 exotic introductions of C. quinoa from South America was tested and analysed for genetic variability, correlation and path coefficient analysis. A wide range of variation was observed for all the traits. Phenotypic coefficient of variation and genotypic coefficient of variations were highest for inforescence length, number of leaves on main shoot, number of branches/plant and plant height. Heritability and genetic advance (in broad sense) were high for plant height, number of leaves on main shoot and days to mature. Grain yield showed positive association with inflorescence length, days to flower, number of branches per plant and leaf length. Inflorescence length had highest and positive direct effect on grain yield followed by days to flower and number of branches per plant. On the basis all the variability and productivity parameters studied, inflores...
Forty genotypes of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) from different parts of India were gro... more Forty genotypes of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) from different parts of India were grouped into 12 clusters. Intra-cluster D2 values were 0-11.07 and inter-cluster 14.40-48.36. Cluster VII ranked first for seed yield/plant (25.06 g), branches/plant (6.80) and leaf length (6.37 cm). Genetic diversity and geographical distribution were not related. 'IC 37312' originating from Sikkim was most divergent among all the genotypes. The 4 canonical vectors accounted for 97.57% of the total genetic variation. Plant height contributed maximum (36.94%) toward divergence. 'IC 13375', 'Kulu Gangri', 'Himpriya', 'IC 16654', 'IC 37275', 'IC 107992' and'IC 17312' were found promising genotypes for buckwheat improvement.
Feeding the growing global human population is a tough challenge. Researchers look towards lesser... more Feeding the growing global human population is a tough challenge. Researchers look towards lesser known food crops which are nutritionally adequate, if not superior than the common major crops. Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tartaricum L. Gaerth), also called ‘pseudocereal’, is one such multipurpose crop with promising nutritive value. To enhance utilization of buckwheat as supplement food, here, we did genetic diversity analysis for nutritional parameters. Significant genetic diversity was observed in buckwheat germplasm for 24 nutritional parameters including total oil content (0.75-5.45%), oleic acid (36.98-47.87%), linoleic acid (32.75-44.61%), total protein content (5.65-14.17%), lysine (4.19-8.63 g/16 g N), methionine (0.54-2.48 g/16 g N) and half cystine (0.82-3.57 g/16 g N). The entire germplasm was grouped into three clusters. Cluster I comprised accessions promising high oil, stearic acid, oleic acid, least in linoleic acid and essential amino acids. Cluster II had accessions promis...
Three hundred genotypes of rajmash were evaluated in Augmented Block Design during 2011. Morpholo... more Three hundred genotypes of rajmash were evaluated in Augmented Block Design during 2011. Morphological characterization revealed that the accessions could be grouped into two distinct classes, pigmentation on the neck of flower and pod tip. Maximum classes were observed in case of pod colour (9) followed by seed coat colour (8), primary color of wing petal (6), seed coat pattern (5) and primary color of standard petal (5). Highest frequency was recorded in case of stripes on neck of flower (89.33%) followed by pigmentation on neck of flowers (87.33%), pod colour at maturity (76.33%), pod colour (76.00%) and central vein colour (75.00%). Mean performances of accessions was less than checks for days to flowering, days to maturity, seeds per pod, 100-seed weight and seed yield per plant whereas reverse was recorded for plant height, pods per plant and pod length. There were significant differences between checks and accessions and between accessions for all the traits. It indicated pre...
Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2009
Plant genetic resources (PGR) are the basic raw materials required to cater current and future ne... more Plant genetic resources (PGR) are the basic raw materials required to cater current and future needs of crop improvement. Climate change is expected to result in increased frequency of abiotic stresses like drought, heat stress, submergence, increased soil salinity etc. The negative impacts of climate change are visible in the form of declining crop productivity, shifting in crop suitability areas, species migration and extinction, emergence of new pests and weeds and altered phenology. Already, the existing genetic base of our crops and varieties has shrunken, and in future we may find it difficult to cope with new climatic challenges with the existing information on genetic resources. Consequently, food and sustainable livelihood security of larger section of populations is jeopardized. Substantial knowledge and insight is, therefore, needed to gauge what types of diversity now exist in the gene banks, and what will be needed in the future. There is a need to assemble and screen germplasm strategically and discover new sources of variations which will enable us to address the very pertinent issue of climate change. Strategies like genetic enhancement/pre-breeding using crops wild relatives, developing core sets, focused identification of germplasm, mapping and cloning gene and gene constructs, allele mining, bioprospecting for novel biomolecules, and promoting on farm conservation in order to allow genes to evolve and respond to new environments would be of great help to mitigate the climate change impacts. There is also need to mobilize national and international opinion to make food security and poverty alleviation central in climate negotiations.
The North-western (N-W) Himalayas has highly varied agro-ecological conditions and predominantly ... more The North-western (N-W) Himalayas has highly varied agro-ecological conditions and predominantly vegetarian people. The high dependence on plants as food source resulted into the growing consumption of about 180 plant species by the inhabitants. The highly diverse ecology of the N-W Himalayas hosts much varied vegetation. As a consequence, wild relatives of crop plants have also an impressive array of diversity. Among these, the significant species diversity is found for Allium (18), Lactuca (16), Taraxacum (14), Agropyron (11), Vicia (11), Solanum (brinjal) relatives (9), Chenopodium (8) and Lathyrus (8), besides, wild relatives of species like Cicer microphyllum and Glycine max.
The Indian Himalayan region houses wide array of plant genetic resources due to its diverse clima... more The Indian Himalayan region houses wide array of plant genetic resources due to its diverse climatic conditions. India's recognition as a ‘mega-biodiversity’ country derives partly from the Himalayas wherein out of 6000 endemic plant species, 2532 species occur. Major genera for which rich diversity exists are - Oryza, Avena, Amaranthus, Chenopodium, Fagopyrum, Allium, Hordeum, Linum, Saccarum, Citrus, Musa, Pyrus, Prunus, Rubus, Fragaria, Sorbus, Rosa,Lilium,Vicia, Lepidium, Lathyrus, Dioscorea, Orchids, Cucumis, Solanum, and Trichosanthes, Bamboos and Canes. These plant species and varieties have contributed significantly to food and environment security of the hill people. It also provides stability to the food production systems by minimising crop losses due to diseases, insect pests and weather odds. Besides, there are several wild relatives possess genes for various purposes and has lot of breeding value. Despite that, the most distressing situation is that many of these valuable genetic resources are eroding at very high rate.The crops, folk varieties and landraces of local importance adapted to specific micro-climatic niches are being replaced by a few high yielding varieties and cash crops. Nonetheless, appreciable amount of diversity has been collected and being conserved ex situ by different institutions particularly the NBPGR and NAGS. Nearly, 300 cropspecific and multi-crops exploration trips have been undertaken and more than 30,000 germplasm accessions of various agri-horticultural crops including some of their wild relative have been assembled from Himalayan region while around 6000 have been introduced from exotic sources.
Fourty four accessions of buckwheat gennplasm, ofwhich 39 were ofIndian origin, 1 ofUSSR, 1 of Hu... more Fourty four accessions of buckwheat gennplasm, ofwhich 39 were ofIndian origin, 1 ofUSSR, 1 of Hungry and 3 ofJapan were grown in complete randomized block design. A random sample of5 plants for each accession was used for data recording on 12 traits. The coefficient ofvariation both at the phenotypic and genotypic level was high for seed yield! plant, seeds/cyme, leafwidth
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 2011
In the present study, the β-carotene, calcium, iron and zinc content in the leaves of 46 accessio... more In the present study, the β-carotene, calcium, iron and zinc content in the leaves of 46 accessions of three Chenopodium species viz. Chenopodium album, C. album ssp. amaranticolor and Chenopodium quinoa was investigated. A wide range of variability, inter-specific as well as varietal, for the β-carotene [0.19-5.91 mg 100 g(- 1) fresh weight (FW)], calcium (358.35-960.10 mg 100 g(- 1) FW), iron (0.56-7.90 mg 100 g(- 1) FW) and zinc content (0.07-4.26 mg 100 g(- 1) FW) was observed. The C. album ssp. amaranticolor accessions IC341710 and IC469275 had a high content of all the four nutrients and were ideal food to alleviate nutritional deficiencies in humans. Nutritionally rich IC341710 and IC469275 were further studied to estimate micronutrient retention in cooked leaves. Between the two methods used to cook leaves, stir-frying showed better retention of micronutrients than pressure cooking.
Buckwheat is one ofthe most important crops grown in tribal areas both for grain and green. Its c... more Buckwheat is one ofthe most important crops grown in tribal areas both for grain and green. Its cultivation is well spread from Jammu & Kashmir in the North-west to Arunachal Pradesh in the North-east. It is also best suited to the harsh climate of Himalayas where cropping period is very short. But in our recent explorations it has been experienced
Ajania fruticulosa (Ledeb.) Poljakov (Synonym: Tanacetum gracile) is a medicinal herb belonging t... more Ajania fruticulosa (Ledeb.) Poljakov (Synonym: Tanacetum gracile) is a medicinal herb belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is found in the Sarabi forest, Quetta, Pakistan. The genus Tanacetum comprises several species that are widespread in many countries of ...
Introduction Walnut grows as a wild species in mixed broadleaves forest from Southern Europe to I... more Introduction Walnut grows as a wild species in mixed broadleaves forest from Southern Europe to India. It is found in the Balkan area (Hungary, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Albany), Caucasus, Asia Minor (Turkey, North Iran and Iraq), central Asia (the North limit in ...
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