Nutritional characterization of Cicer arietinum L. cultivars with respect to morphological and agronomic parameters

Abstract

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the grain legumes more interesting for its nutritional value and genetic improvement in order to resistance to Aschochyta rabiei, seeds weight and adaptation to mechanical harvesting. The aim of this research was the agronomic and qualitative characterization of 15 cultivars of chickpea. During the cultural cycle resistance and sensitiveness to Aschochyta rabiei were analyzed. At harvesting, grain yield and yields components were registered. Moreover, proximate composition, fatty acids content and saturated/unsaturated ratio of grain samples were determined. Cultivars with high 1000 seeds weight showed a more favourable oleic acid content and unsaturated/saturated ratio but those with smooth seeds had a higher content in linolenic acid. All cultivars showed high values of polyunsaturated fatty acids (42.9-56.2%), inferior of monounsaturated (29.5-36.1%) and low of saturated (10.0-22.9%). Black chickpea (2.9) had the lowest unsaturated/saturated ratio, while the highest was noticed for cv. Visir (7.46). Cultivars with small and smooth seeds showed a better proteins content. These results showed availability of seeds with favourable characteristics useful for different utilization. In particular, the cultivars with small and smooth seeds, usually not preferred by consumers, seem to be interesting for processing in nutritional foods and dietetics.Keywords: Cicer arietinum, dietetics, fatty acids, grain yield, nutritional value, proximate composition, GC/MS. ‫اﻟﺤﻤﺺ‬ ‫ﻻﺻﻨﺎف‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺬاﺋﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻤﻤﻴﺰات‬ ‫دراﺳﺔ‬

Estimation of the physicochemical variation of chickpea seeds (Cicer arietinum L.)

“…The fatty acid profile of the chickpea accessions under analysis reveals that lipids are a good source of nutritionally essential linoleic and oleic acids. The linoleic acid was the dominating fatty acid, followed by oleic acid and palmitic acid, which is consistent with the results reported by De Falco et al (2010) and Shah et al (2013). The average content of omega-6 linoleic fatty acid is 61.0%, ranging from 54.5% for Kabuli accession No.…”

“…The screening of more than 16 000 accessions obtained from the global collection revealed a wide range of seed sizes (4-63 g of 100 seed weight) (Upadhyaya, 2003), and the results obtained through screening 179 genotypes ranged from 9.0 to 30 g (Ramanappa et al, 2013). For forty, fifteen and two Kabuli genotypes, the 100 seed weight values ranged from 33.5 to 42.5 g, from 28.1 to 56.6 g, and from 30.7 to 33.0 g, respectively (De Falco et al, 2010), and for the fourteen lines originating in Turkey the average 100 seed weight was 33.7 g (Yucel et al, 2006).…”

Effects of Chickpea in Substitution of Soybean Meal on Milk Production, Blood Profile and Reproductive Response of Primiparous Buffaloes in Early Lactation

“…Chickpea composition was consistent with previous reports for the same cultivar and for other chickpea Kabuli biotypes produced in different cultivation areas [16,17,40,41]. Despite the differences between the two protein feeds, the corresponding concentrate mixtures showed comparable protein contents, but the SP fraction remained higher (+ 47.3 g/kg DM) in the chickpea concentrate and, as a consequence, in the diet (+ 18.0 g/kg DM).…”

Exploring the Genetic Variability and Potential Correlations Between Nutritional Quality and Agro-Physiological Traits in Kabuli Chickpea Germplasm Collection (Cicer arietinum L.)

“…In contrast, some researchers have recorded negative correlations between GY and protein content in pulses like chickpea (Frimpong et al, 2009). Negative correlations were also observed between protein content and HSW in chickpea (Falco et al, 2010) and barley (Bouhlal et al, 2021). Our results showed also a wide range for different nutritional quality traits among the tested genotypes collection.…”