Indian Journal of Dryland Agricultural Research and Development

Chinese buckwheat germplasm resources are plentiful. Almost all of the proved species of Fagopyrum Mill. in the world can be found in China, especially in the southwest regions such as Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou Provinces. Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) belongs to the family Polygonaceae. The protein content is higher than that reported for any other cereals and the amino acid composition matches the WHO recommended values for a nutritionally rich protein with a balanced amino acid composition. In the present study, an attempt was made to evaluate the seed storage protein of promising genotypes of common buckwheat grown in Sangla region by following standard procedure. Overall performance taken together during the two consecutive years showed the range of variation in grain weight, moisture, crude protein, total soluble protein, albumin, globulin, glutelin and prolamin from 18.8 to 26.80 g, 10.2 to 10.9%, 10.4 to 15.1%, 9.4 to 13.3%, 1.8 to 2.7%, 4.3 to 5.9, 2.2 to 3.1% and 0.07 to 0.13%, in that order. Thus, nutrient variation observed will be useful in designing strategies that maximise the utilization of buckwheat crop.