TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
A1  - Subramanian, V
A1  - Butler, L G
A1  - Jambunathan, R
A1  - Rao, K E P
TI  - Some Agronomic and Biochemical Characters of Brown Sorghums and Their Possible Role in Bird Resistance
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf00120a039
JF  - Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry
SN  - 0021-8561
PB  - American Chemical Society
N1  - We thank V. Gopala Reddy, N . Sambasiva Rao, and K. A. R. Zafar for technical assistance.
Registry No. Flavan-4-ol, 487-25-2; Starch, 9005-25-8.

N2  - Chemical composition including tannin content, and grain and agronomic characters including ear length, head type, glume colour, and threshability are reported for 18 genotypes with brown pericarp, 15 of which had been reported to be bird resistant. Agronomic characters varied significantly among the genotypes. Variation in tannin content was much larger than variation in the other constituents. Several of the bird-resistant genotypes contained only small quantities of tannin, while the three genotypes not reported to be bird resistant contained tannins in amounts that might be expected to confer resistance. Detailed polyphenol analysis on ten selected genotypes indicated that flavan-4-ol content was relatively high and it is thought that this may contribute to bird resistance
Y1  - 1983///
SP  - 1303
ID  - icrisat5882
EP  - 1307
VL  - 31
IS  - 6
ER  -