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| Id: | 3592
| | Autor: | Bressani, Ricardo; Estrada Ligorría, Luis; García Soto, Arnoldo. | | Título: | Some agronomic and nutritional characteristics of Canavalia sp.
| | Fuente: | Turrialba;41(2):142-9, 1991. tab.
| | Resumen: | A collection of 26 cultivars of Canavalia sp. was analyzed for protein and selected amino acids. The samples were also used to obtain information on yield components and the effect of date of planting. In the original samples, moisture content varied from 9.9 to 13.6 g/100 g; protein, from 21.6 to 23.6 g/100 g; lysine from 1.30 to 2.35 g/100 g; methionine from 0.18 to 0.24 g/100 g; and tryptophan from 0.14 to 0.27 g/100 g. Lysine and tryptophan, but not methionine, were correlated to protein content. Multiple regression analysis of the agronomic data of the seed harvested from the 26 cultivars indicated seed weight, seed per pod, and pods per plant, in that order, to be the main yield contributors. In the agronomic trail, protein quality of the 26 cultivars harvested and cooked, varied from protein efficiency ratio (PER) of 0.93 to 1.61. Percent protein was negatively related, although not statistically significant, to protein quality. Date of planting did not influence yield or protein quality, although flowering was significantly effected, and there was some influence on protein content. The results obtained suggest Canavalia to have a good yield potential. Further studies are thus suggested to find uses as human food and animal feed.(AU).
| | Descriptores: | CULTIVOS ALIMENTICIOS
ALIMENTACION
ALIMENTACION ANIMAL
LEGUMBRES
- AMERICA CENTRAL
| | Localización: | GT3.1, Esp/INCAP/PCI/037 |
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