Nutritional contents of different foliage cuttings of vegetable amaranth

Shukla, Sudhir; Pandey, Vibha; Pachauri, G.; Dixit, B. S.; Banerji, R.; Singh, Surendra

doi:10.1023/b:qual.0000040338.33755.b5

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“…The experimental material had high fresh biomass and was qualitatively rich having high protein and carotenoid content which is in agreement with earlier studies (Prakash et al 1993;Bhargava et al 2006c). The protein and carotenoid content of chenopod leaves were higher than that reported for amaranth and spinach (Gupta and Wagle 1988;Kuti and Kuti 1999;Shukla et al 2003Shukla et al , 2004. Thus, many Chenopodium spp.…”

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Evaluation of foliage yield and leaf quality traits in Chenopodium spp. in multiyear trials

2006

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Stability of foliage yield and its quality components has not been investigated in vegetable chenopods due to their underutilized status. The objectives of the present study were to assess genotype-environment interactions (GEI), determine stability of yield and quality components and to compare different parametric and non-parametric stability parameters. The present study reports for the first time the effect of genotype and environment on foliage yield and three leaf quality traits viz. carotenoid, ascorbic acid and protein content in different species of Chenopodium. Twenty accessions comprising four species were tested in a randomized block design with three replications across four environments. For all the four traits the largest sum of squares was accounted for by the genotypes, followed by GEI and environments. Highest foliage yield of 16.02 q/ha was obtained from C. album PRC 9804, while the lowest was from C. album CHEN 63/80 (4.01 q/ha). Many indigenous accessions of C. album (PRC 9801, IC 107299, 'Chandigarh', 'local' and 'NEFA') were unstable both for foliage yield and most of the quality traits. Most of the exotic accessions of C. giganteum were both stable and high yielding, thus, reflecting the potential of these accessions for future breeding programs/variety release.

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Evaluation of foliage yield and leaf quality traits in Chenopodium spp. in multiyear trials

2006

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“…Our study indicates that C. album foliage is high in proteins, which supports earlier reports of 3.0 to 4.7 g/kg (PRAKASH et al 1993). The protein content in C. album is considerably higher than that reported in the foliage of other crops such as Lactuca sativa (0.7-1.1%) (WATSON 1971), Euphorbia hirta (3.42%) (WALLACE et al 1998) and vegetable amaranth (2.51%) (SHUKLA et al 2003) but lower than that reported for cassava (7.1-8.2%) (WATSON 1971). The carotenoid content in fresh leaves of C. album compares favourably to other species of Chenopodium (PRAKASH et al 1993), but is lower to that reported for Amaranthus (SHUKLA et al 2003).…”

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Variability and genotype × cutting interactions for different nutritional components in Chenopodium album L.

Bhargava¹,

Shukla²,

Dixit³

et al. 2006

Hort. Sci. (Prague)

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Thirteen germplasm lines of vegetable Chenopodium (C. album) were evaluated in a randomized block design with three replications to estimate the foliage yield and its seven contributing quality traits for three successive cuttings. The variability present in vegetable Chenopodium and interactions operating at various levels were also studied. The mean foliage yield was maximum for CA-II (3.03 ± 0.39 kg/plot), followed by CA-VII (2.94 ± 0.27 kg/plot) and CA-VI (2.41 ± 0.20 kg/plot). Moisture content showed a constant decrease in all germplasm lines with successive cuttings except for CA-IX in 3 rd cutting. Protein content exhibited a strong trend of increase with each successive cutting and was maximum in 3 rd cutting. Protein content showed the highest heritability in 1 st cutting (96.35%) while the values were highest for ascorbic acid in 2 nd and 3 rd cutting. The carotenoid content and ascorbic acid exhibited consistently high genetic gain in all the three cuttings.

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“…Although some reports on its nutritional aspects are available (Shukla et al, 2003(Shukla et al, , 2005(Shukla et al, , 2006, there are few works on mineral composition of leaves along with qualitative improvement of foliage with special reference to leaf attributes (Wu-Leung et al, 1968;Freiberger et al, 1998). So, the present investigation was carried out (i) to estimate quality, biological yield and composition of minerals in 43 different cultivated genotypes of vegetable amaranth available in Bangladesh, and (ii) to find out possible ways for improvement of protein, dietary fibre, K, Ca and Mg compositions without compromising biological yield.…”

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Variability, heritability and genetic association in vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.)

Sarker¹,

Islam²,

Rabbani³

et al. 2015

Span. j. agric. res.

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Forty three vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.) genotypes selected from different eco-geographic regions of Bangladesh were evaluated during 3 years (2012-2014) for genetic variability, heritability and genetic association among mineral elements and quality and agronomic traits in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with five replications. The analysis showed that vegetable amaranth is a rich source of K, Ca, Mg, proteins and dietary fibre with average values among the 43 genotypes (1.014%, 2.476%, 2.984, 1.258% and 7.81%, respectively). Six genotypes (VA13, VA14, VA16, VA18, VA26, VA27) showed a biological yield >2000 g/m2 and high mineral, protein and dietary fibre contents; eleven genotypes had high amount of minerals, protein and dietary fibre with above average biological yield; nine genotypes had below average biological yield but were rich in minerals, protein and dietary fibre. Biological yield exhibited a strong positive correlation with leaf area, shoot weight, shoot/root weight and stem base diameter. Insignificant genotypic correlation was observed among mineral, quality and agronomic traits, except K vs. Mg, protein vs. dietary fibre and stem base diameter vs. Ca. Some of these genotypes can be used for improvement of vegetable amaranth regarding mineral, protein and dietary fibre content without compromising yield loss.

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Nutritional contents of different foliage cuttings of vegetable amaranth

Cited by 44 publications

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Evaluation of foliage yield and leaf quality traits in Chenopodium spp. in multiyear trials

Evaluation of foliage yield and leaf quality traits in Chenopodium spp. in multiyear trials

Variability and genotype × cutting interactions for different nutritional components in Chenopodium album L.

Variability, heritability and genetic association in vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.)

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