Mătieș, A.; Negrușier, C.; Roșca Mare, O.; Mintaș, O.S.; Zanc Săvan, G.; Odagiu, A.C.M.; Andronie, L.; Păcurar, I. Characterization of Nutritional Potential of Amaranthus sp. Grain Production. Agronomy2024, 14, 630.
Mătieș, A.; Negrușier, C.; Roșca Mare, O.; Mintaș, O.S.; Zanc Săvan, G.; Odagiu, A.C.M.; Andronie, L.; Păcurar, I. Characterization of Nutritional Potential of Amaranthus sp. Grain Production. Agronomy 2024, 14, 630.
Mătieș, A.; Negrușier, C.; Roșca Mare, O.; Mintaș, O.S.; Zanc Săvan, G.; Odagiu, A.C.M.; Andronie, L.; Păcurar, I. Characterization of Nutritional Potential of Amaranthus sp. Grain Production. Agronomy2024, 14, 630.
Mătieș, A.; Negrușier, C.; Roșca Mare, O.; Mintaș, O.S.; Zanc Săvan, G.; Odagiu, A.C.M.; Andronie, L.; Păcurar, I. Characterization of Nutritional Potential of Amaranthus sp. Grain Production. Agronomy 2024, 14, 630.
Abstract
The growing demand for nutritious foods has spurred investigations into alternative sources of nutrition beyond traditional options. For this reason, the present study approaches the amaranth, which is a plant with high potential, highlighting the morphological growth, grain biomass pro-duction, and quantitative traits of seven varieties of amaranth cultivated in the pedoclimatic con-ditions of Somes meadow in Transylvania. A bifactorial trial was implemented with factors ama-ranth species and amaranth varieties. Two amaranth species and seven varieties were studied. Differences are reported between morpho-productive and quantitative traits of the seven amaranth varieties studied in this research. The interrelationships between amaranth morphological traits quantified by using Pearson simple correlations show that morphological traits moderately con-tribute to grain fresh biomass yield, while morphological traits and fresh biomass strongly con-tributed to grains dry biomass yield. Our study shows that morpho-productive, and nutritional characteristics of the seven amaranth varieties comprised by our study recommend the plans to be used in various nutritional aims, being a valuable replacer of traditional raw materials in specific food and feed industry sectors.
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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