TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
A1  - Kumar, K A
A1  - Gupta, S C
A1  - Andrews, D J
TI  - Relationship between nutritional quality characters and grain yield in pearl millet
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1983.0011183X002300020010x
JF  - Crop Science
SN  - 0011-183X
PB  - Crop Science Society of America
N2  - Before selecting genotypes for such quality characteristics as protein or amino acid contents, it is important to know how such selection is likely to affect yield. Using a diverse range of germplasm grown over seasons, locations and years, the relationships that exist between protein content, dye binding capacity (DBC) per unit protein (an estimate of the basic amino acids in protein), grain yield and grain size in pearl millet [P. americanum (L.) Leeke] were investigated. Protein content was estimated as total N ? 6.25, total N being measured with an automatic analyzer. Basic amino acid content was estimated using the Udy DBC technique. Grain yield and protein content were not significantly correlated and the relationship between grain yield and DBC/protein was nonsignificant and negative. The relationship between protein and DBC/protein was strongly negative. These results suggest that in pearl millet it should be possible to select for increased protein content or basic amino acid content (of which lysine is the most important) by monitoring levels of lysine and protein, respectively, without detrimental effect on grain yield or grain weight.
KW  - Pearl Millet
KW  -  Nutritional Quality
KW  -  Grain Yield
Y1  - 1983///
SP  - 232
ID  - icrisat8998
EP  - 235
VL  - 23
IS  - 2
ER  -