Biochemical constituents of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) collected from different geographical regions of Himachal Pradesh.

ABSTRACT

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), one of the major traditional, underexploited crop having good nutritional value, can be grown in poor agroclimatic regions requires low inputs for its cultivation. Variability in biochemical parameters were observed in biotypes of buckwheat collected from different geographical regions. 1000 seed weight was varied from 9.48 to 15.22 g. Buckwheat biotypes contains high amount of protein (7.69-15.47%). Rutin, the most important ingredient of buckwheat was also varies (3.74-6.53%) in different biotypes. It was also found that many essential amino acids are also found in buckwheat. Variations among almost all estimated parameters were found to be highly significant.