Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PunjabAgricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, India
Address: Department of Biochemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, India
*Corresponding author's e-mail: suchetasharma_pau@pau.edu
Online published on 7 December, 2015.
In the present study, twenty soybean genotypes were grown at two different growing locations viz. Ludhiana and Gurdaspur in Punjab, India and planting times viz. June and July in the year 2010 with the objective to study the effect of growing environments on physical and biochemical characteristics of soybean genotypes. All the genotypes exhibited higher protein, total sugars and sucrose content while significantly lower mean seed weight, volume, swelling and hydration capacities in Julyplanting than in Juneplanting both at Ludhiana and Gurdaspur. Genotypic(G), Locational (L), Planting time (T), GxL and Gx Tvariations were highly significant for these characteristics. Theresults reported here show that physical and nutritional characteristics of soybean seeds can be altered by different environmental conditions and this information can be useful to select soybean genotypes for large scale cultivation in Punjab state of northwestern India.
Nutrients, Planting time, Physicochemical characteristics, Planting location
