Nutritional Profile Of Promising Genotypes Of  Buckwheat Grown In Dry Temperate Climatic Conditions  Of Himachal Pradesh (India)

Diksha Dogra; C P  Awasthi

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Diksha Dogra Department of Botany, Punjab University, Chandigarh - 160 014, Punjab (India)
C P Awasthi Department of Botany, Punjab University, Chandigarh - 160 014, Punjab (India)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Biochemical constituents, buckwheat, genotypes, India, nutritional profile

Abstract

Buckwheat is economically important smaller millet grown primarily for carbohydrate and protein content. In this study, biochemical onstituents of 15 promising genotypes of buckwheat, grown in Sangla region of Himachal Pradesh (India), were analyzed. The moisture, crude protein, carbohydrate, fat, crude fibre and ash contents in genotypesranged from 10.0 to 11.7, 1.7 to 2.5, 1.7 to 2.5, 10.2 to 14.8, 1.8 to 2.9, 7.1 to 9.5 and 62.0 to 66.4%, respectively. The K, P, Mg, Ca, Fe and Zn contents in buckwheat grains varied from 423 to 587.5, 248 to 370.2, 200.5 to 308, 43.7 to 58.03, 3.0 to 4.5 and 2.0 to 3.0 mg 100 g-1, respectively. Based on cumulative grading of nutritionally desirable qualities, the genotypes S-B-216 and Kamru followed by S-B-206 and Chini proved superior cultivars.

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