Flavonoid Patterns and Systematics in Eleusine

Hilu, K.W. and Dewet, J.M.J. and Seigler, D. (1978) Flavonoid Patterns and Systematics in Eleusine. Biochemical systematics and ecology., 6. pp. 247-249.

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Abstract

A survey of leaf flavonoids was conducted on Eleusine coracana ssp. coracana and ssp. africana, E. indica, E. multiflora, E. tristachya, E. floccifolia, and E. compressa. Twenty phenolic compounds were detected. Those identified were: orientin, isoorientin, vitexin, isovitexin, saponarin, violanthin, lucenin-1, and tricin. The study revealed a general generic flavonoidpattern except for E. compressa, which occupies an isolated position in Eleusine. Flavonoids of the perennial E. floccifolia and the annuals E. multiflora and E. tristachya are markedly different from those of cultivated E. coracana, suggesting that these species are only distantly related to the crop. The morphologically well defined E. coracana—africana—indica group also forms a unit in respect of flavonoids. Subspecies africana exhibits a higher flavonoid similarity to ssp. coracana (finger millet) than does E. indica. The weedy race of ssp. africana usually combines flavonoids of both the wild and domesticated subspecies. The flavonoidpattern of the dedza race of ssp.africana is identical to that of finger millet, suggesting either a direct origin of the crop from this race, or extensive introgression from the crop into ssp. africana. A lack of qualitative differences in flavonoids between cultivated races of finger millet is indicative of the genetic stability of these compounds. The flavonoid data confirms the domestication of finger millet from ssp. africana.

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Department of Botany, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Subjects: Crop Improvement > Plant Breeding
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Library ICRISAT-InfoSAT
Date Deposited: 19 Mar 2012 12:49
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2012 12:49
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(78)90013-3
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/3979

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