GRAIN AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS SSP) - CULTIVA TION, BREEDING AND PROPERTIES OF AN OLD INDIAN PLANT

Authors
WEGERLE N ZELLER FJ
Citation
N. Wegerle et Fj. Zeller, GRAIN AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS SSP) - CULTIVA TION, BREEDING AND PROPERTIES OF AN OLD INDIAN PLANT, Journal of agronomy and crop science, 174(1), 1995, pp. 63-72
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
Journal of agronomy and crop science
ISSN journal
09312250 → ACNP
Volume
174
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
63 - 72
Database
ISI
SICI code
0931-2250(1995)174:1<63:GA(S-C>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Current knowledge on evolution, systematics and biology, as well as on the status of genetic and breeding efforts on the grain-amaranth spec ies A. caudatus, A. cruentus and A. hypochondriacus are compiled. The mineral contents and nutrient composition are compared with those of w heat and maize, and the potential cultivation of these crops in Centra l Europe, on the basis of experimental trials, is discussed. Amaranth could become a valuable human food source in Europe.