Sugar and Mineral Content Analysis in Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) Cultivars

The experimental trial on 12 mungbean cultivars were conducted and the findings of the pooled data of two years revealed that total soluble sugar, reducing sugar, non-reducing sugar, iron, copper and zinc content varied highly significantly across the tested cultivars and ranged from 3.64–5.22%, 0.65–0.85%, 2.85–4.57%, 10.95–15.27 mg/100g, 1.59–3.26 mg/100g and 2.59–3.55 mg/100g, respectively. The cultivar MUM-2 was found to contain maximum amount of total soluble sugar as well as non-reducing sugar and the minimum amount of reducing sugar. The minimum amount of total soluble sugar and non-reducing sugar were found in Pant M-4 and Pairy Mung, respectively. The reducing sugar was recorded highest in BPMR145 and lowest in MUM-2 along with Pant M-4. Iron as well as zinc were recorded highest in Samrat, while copper was recorded highest in Pusa-0672. The minimum amounts of these three minerals were present in PKV AKM-4.