Demeke Teklu, Dawd Gashu, Edward J M Joy, Elizabeth H Bailey, Lolita Wilson, Tilahun Amede, Martin R Broadley
Improved crop genotypes are constantly introduced. However, information on their nutritional quality is generally limited. The present study reports the proximate composition and the concentration and relative bioavailability of minerals of improved finger millets of different genotypes. Grains of finger millet genotypes (n = 15) grown in research station during 2019 and 2020 in Ethiopia, and replicated three times in a randomized complete block design, were analysed for proximate composition, mineral concentration (iron, zinc, calcium, selenium), and antinutritional factors (phytate, tannin and oxalate)...
January 3, 2024: Scientific Reports