What is it about?
The objectives of this study were to develop a non-extractive, rapid and accurate measurement analysis method of protein, oil, ash, mineral , fatty acid composition and proline level of amaranth.
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Why is it important?
Protein, oil, ash, Fe, Zn, proline, oleic acid and linoleic acid can be used as reliable users, while equations developed for Ca, palmitic acid, stearic acid, linolenic acid and arachidic acid can be reliably used to screen samples for amaranth breeding programmes
Perspectives
These results suggest that NIR spectroscopy could be suitably used as a standard screening method for the contents of these different traits in large scale amaranth breeding programs where the use of conventional screening methods may be a limiting factor. The inclusion of amaranth cultivars of different geographical origins in future study may increase the robustness of the equations and lead to the sequence of a global calibration for these properties in amaranth.
Dr Aylin Celile Oluk
Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute
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This page is a summary of: Estimation of Proximate, Fatty Acid, Mineral Content and Proline Level in Amaranth using Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy, Sains Malaysiana, October 2022, Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM Press),
DOI: 10.17576/jsm-2022-5110-17.
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