Ahmed, S.O. and Abdalla, A.W.H. and Inoue, T. and et al, . (2014) Nutritional quality of grains of sorghum cultivar grown under different levels of micronutrients fertilization. Food Chemistry.
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Abstract
A pot experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of different levels of micronutrients (0, 2, 4, and 8 gm/5kg soil) and a fixed amount (6 gm/5kg soil) of macronutrients fertilizer on the antinutrients content, protein content and digestibility, total and extractable macro- and micro-elements, amino acid content and score of grains of sorghum cultivar (Gadambalia) grown for two consecutive season. Protein content and essential amino acids composition of sorghum grains significantly (p ⩽ 0.05) increased with micronutrients level for both seasons. Tannins and phytate contents dropped significantly (p ⩽ 0.05) with a concomitant increase in protein digestibility, macro- and micro-elements extractability for both seasons and treatments. The content of macro- and micro-elements of the grains increased with micronutrients level during both seasons. The essential amino acids scores of the grains were significantly (p ⩽ 0.05) increased for both seasons and treatments.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sorghum; Micronutrients; Fertilization; Protein; Amino acids |
| Author Affiliation: | Department of Food Chemistry, Food Research Center, Ministry of Science and Communication, Khartoum North, P. O. Box 213, Shambat, Sudan |
| Subjects: | Postharvest Management |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Mar 2014 04:53 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2017 05:33 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.03.033 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12934 |
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