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Contents of total protein and β‐ N ‐oxalyl‐ l ‐α,β‐diaminopropionic acid (ODAP) in a collection of Lathyrus cicera of the Bank of Plant Germplasm of Cuenca (Spain)
Author(s) -
Vioque R. Sánchez,
De Los Mozos Pascual M.,
Conde M. F. Rodríguez
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
plant breeding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1439-0523
pISSN - 0179-9541
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2008.01568.x
Subject(s) - germplasm , lathyrus , biology , high protein , mean value , horticulture , botany , zoology , food science , statistics , mathematics
One hundred and thirty‐four accessions of Lathyrus cicera from the Bank of Plant Germplasm of Cuenca (BGV‐Cuenca, Spain) have been analysed for total protein and β‐ N ‐oxalyl‐ l ‐α,β‐diaminopropionic acid (ODAP) contents in order to identify those with a suitable nutritional quality for animal feeding. There was a large variability in both traits, the content of total protein ranged from 22.95% to 30.98% with a mean value of 27.62%, and the ODAP from 0.09% to 0.30% with a mean value of 0.17%. The accessions from Castilla y León and Castilla‐La Mancha showed higher percentages of protein and ODAP as compared with those from Andalucía, Greece and Extremadura. Nevertheless, total protein and ODAP contents showed a low positive correlation ( r = 0.396, P = 0.01). Several accessions showed a content of ODAP similar to that of the variety ‘Chalus’ and two accessions seemed very suitable for animal feeding because of their high content of protein and low ODAP.