Seed nutritional quality in lentil (Lens culinaris) under different moisture regimes

Published Date
June 16, 2023
Type
Journal Article
Seed nutritional quality in lentil (Lens culinaris) under different moisture regimes
Authors:
Ruchi Bansal
Ram Swaroop Bana, Harsh Kumar Dikshit dikshit, Harshita Srivastava, Swati Priya, Sunil Kumar, Muraleedhar Aski, N. K. Prasanna Kumari, Sanjeev Gupta, Shiv Kumar Agrawal

The world’s most challenging environmental issue is climate change. Agricultural productivity and nutritional quality are both substantially threatened by extreme and unpredicted climate events. To develop climate resilient cultivars, stress tolerance along with the grain quality needs to be prioritized. Present study was planned to assess the effect of water limitation on seed quality in lentil, a cool season legume crop. A pot experiment was carried out with 20 diverse lentil genotypes grown under normal (80% field capacity) and limited (25% field capacity) soil moisture. Seed protein, Fe, Zn, phytate, protein and yield were recorded in both the conditions. Seed yield and weight were reduced by 38.9 and 12.1%, respectively, in response to stress. Seed protein, Fe, Zn, its availability as well as antioxidant properties also reduced considerably, while genotype dependent variation was noted with respect to seed size traits. Positive correlation was observed between seed yield and antioxidant activity, seed weight and Zn content and availability in stress. Based on principal component analysis and clustering, IG129185, IC559845, IC599829, IC282863, IC361417, IG334, IC560037, P8114 and L5126 were promising genotypes for seed size, Fe and protein content, while, FLIP-96-51, P3211 and IC398019 were promising for yield, Zn and antioxidant capacity. Identified lentil genotypes can be utilized as trait donors for quality improvement in lentil breeding

Citation:
Ruchi Bansal, Ram Swaroop Bana, Harsh Dikshit, Harshita Srivastava, Swati Priya, Sunil Kumar, Muraleedhar Aski, N. K. Prasanna Kumari, Sanjeev Gupta, Shiv Kumar Agrawal. (16/6/2023). Seed nutritional quality in lentil (Lens culinaris) under different moisture regimes. Frontiers in Nutrition, 10.
Keywords:
legumes
nutrition
water stress
lentils
biofortification
food
yields
proteins