Evaluation of Nutrient Content of Some Advance Lines of Sesame Seeds

Author(s): Barnali Roy* and Amit Kumar Pal

Abstract: Harvested fresh seeds of twenty-one (21) advance lines of sesame along with their eight (8) parents were subjected to analysis for estimation of its different mineral constituents viz. calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), manganese (Ma), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) and iron (Fe). The results depicted that the highest amount of Ca and P found in deep coloured seeds. The advance lines showing better performance were mostly selected as the segregants of the crosses involving at least one high-performance parent. All the constituents studied were estimated in fewer amounts in all the parents and advance lines with white/light coloured seeds in comparison to the genotypes with deep coloured seeds.

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