aDepartment of Agricultural Biochemistry, CS Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur-208 002, India
bDepartment of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226 007, India
*Author for correspondence: Email: rakeshbabugautam@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 30 June, 2014.
In a field experiment, ten promising varieties of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) were raised to assess the processing quality and protein, methionine and tryptophan contents. Husk varied from 13.99–17.68% and dahl from 58.20 to 67.95%. Maximum dahl recovery was observed in Amar variety (67.95%) followed by KA-09-0-01, T-21, Mal-13, Azad, Shekhar-3, Bahar and UPAS-120. Broken dahl recovery ranged between 6.84 to 14.29%, lowest being in Amar and highest in KA-26-4. T-21 showed highest protein content both in grain and dahl, the values being 22.92 and 26.44%, respectively. Azad and Shekhar-3 had maximum methionine content (1.033 mg per 16 g N) while KA-09-0-01 variety showed highest tryptophan content of 0.80 mg per 16 g N in dahl.
Pigeon pea, dahl recovery, methionine, tryptophan
