Effect of commercial fertilizers and green manure on yield and nutritive value of wheat. II. Nutritive value with respect to general composition, thiamine, nicotinic acid and the biological value of

Bains, G. S. (1953) Effect of commercial fertilizers and green manure on yield and nutritive value of wheat. II. Nutritive value with respect to general composition, thiamine, nicotinic acid and the biological value of. Cereal Chemistry, 30. pp. 139-145.

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Abstract

Application of superphosphate in a dosage of 25 lbs. of phosphoric acid (P2O5), per acre, either alone or with green manure (Cajanus indicus) produced grain of low average protein content, viz., 9.3%, but higher ash content. Supplementation of the superphosphatic treatments with ammonium sulphate at the rate of 60 lbs. nitrogen per acre increased considerably the protein content of the grain which averaged 10.5%. Animal experiments showed that there was no noticeable effect of the variations in the protein content of samples as a result of fertilization on the biological value of the protein determined by the "balance sheet method". However, the amount of available or "net protein" was comparatively more in the grain characterized by higher protein content as a result of fertilization. The results of thiamine and nicptinic acid assays did not reveal any striking differential effect of fertilization on these constituents.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	green manure, Cajanus indicus, protein content, grain, wheat, nutritive value
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 16 Nutritive value 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 21 Cereals > 04 Wheat
Divisions:	Grain Science and Technology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	14 Aug 2012 09:32
Last Modified:	14 Aug 2012 09:32
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/3863

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