Nutritional evaluation of wild and cultivated species of cowpea

Data are given on seed characteristics and nutritive value for 6 accessions of 4 wild Vigna taxa (V. vexillata, V. oblongifolia, V. gracilis and V. unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana) and 27 cultivated V. unguiculata varieties. The 100-seed weight ranged from 2 to 6 g among wild and from 6 to 24 g in cu...

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Autores principales: Marconi, E., Lomardi-Boccia, G., Carnovale, E., Ng, N.Q.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1990
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101834
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author Marconi, E.
Lomardi-Boccia, G.
Carnovale, E.
Ng, N.Q.
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Lomardi-Boccia, G.
Marconi, E.
Ng, N.Q.
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Lomardi-Boccia, G.
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description Data are given on seed characteristics and nutritive value for 6 accessions of 4 wild Vigna taxa (V. vexillata, V. oblongifolia, V. gracilis and V. unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana) and 27 cultivated V. unguiculata varieties. The 100-seed weight ranged from 2 to 6 g among wild and from 6 to 24 g in cultivated accessions. Protein content was significantly lower in cultivated than in wild accessions (22.3-25.5% vs. 23.4-28.2%) while the reverse was true for in vitro protein digestibility (79.5-82.5% vs. 75.2-80.2%). Wild accessions had higher contents of proteinase (trypsin and chymotrypsin) inhibitors than cultivated accessions, but showed wide variation for the trait. Tannins were scarcely present in most cultivated accessions but were high in the wild samples, particularly in one line of V. vexillata and V. oblongifolia. Variation for amino acids was low, the highest variability being for methionine and cystine. It was considered that the overall variability would be of use for cowpea breeding to improve the nutritional quality of seeds.
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spelling CGSpace1018342023-06-08T21:07:56Z Nutritional evaluation of wild and cultivated species of cowpea Marconi, E. Lomardi-Boccia, G. Carnovale, E. Ng, N.Q. vigna oblongifolia vigna unguiculata vigna vexillata cowpeas protein content protein quality nutritional status evaluation Data are given on seed characteristics and nutritive value for 6 accessions of 4 wild Vigna taxa (V. vexillata, V. oblongifolia, V. gracilis and V. unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana) and 27 cultivated V. unguiculata varieties. The 100-seed weight ranged from 2 to 6 g among wild and from 6 to 24 g in cultivated accessions. Protein content was significantly lower in cultivated than in wild accessions (22.3-25.5% vs. 23.4-28.2%) while the reverse was true for in vitro protein digestibility (79.5-82.5% vs. 75.2-80.2%). Wild accessions had higher contents of proteinase (trypsin and chymotrypsin) inhibitors than cultivated accessions, but showed wide variation for the trait. Tannins were scarcely present in most cultivated accessions but were high in the wild samples, particularly in one line of V. vexillata and V. oblongifolia. Variation for amino acids was low, the highest variability being for methionine and cystine. It was considered that the overall variability would be of use for cowpea breeding to improve the nutritional quality of seeds. 1990 2019-06-25T17:09:13Z 2019-06-25T17:09:13Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101834 en Open Access Marconi, E., Lombardi-Boccia, G., Carnovale, E. & Ng, N.Q. (1990). Nutritional evaluation of wild and cultivated species of cowpea. Cowpea genetic resources. Ibadan, Nigeria, 6-7 February 1989. Ibadan, Nigeria: IITA, (p. 101-110).
spellingShingle vigna oblongifolia
vigna unguiculata
vigna vexillata
cowpeas
protein content
protein quality
nutritional status
evaluation
Marconi, E.
Lomardi-Boccia, G.
Carnovale, E.
Ng, N.Q.
Nutritional evaluation of wild and cultivated species of cowpea
title Nutritional evaluation of wild and cultivated species of cowpea
title_full Nutritional evaluation of wild and cultivated species of cowpea
title_fullStr Nutritional evaluation of wild and cultivated species of cowpea
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional evaluation of wild and cultivated species of cowpea
title_short Nutritional evaluation of wild and cultivated species of cowpea
title_sort nutritional evaluation of wild and cultivated species of cowpea
topic vigna oblongifolia
vigna unguiculata
vigna vexillata
cowpeas
protein content
protein quality
nutritional status
evaluation
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101834
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