Unlocking the nutritional potential of seeds of some pumpkin germplasm (Cucurbita moschata)
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The Seeds of twenty-one pumpkin germplasm were analysed for its nutritional potentiality in Assam Agricultural University in January 2025. It was found that the ANOVA for seed nutritional traits showed significant mean squares for germplasm for all traits except crude fibre indicating sufficient variation among the genotypes for the traits. AVPU-1391, Dhodangchapori, Kokrajhar-1, Balichapori and Karbi Anglong-2 showed the highest phosphorous, copper, sodium, magnesium and potassium content, respectively. AVPU-1392 showed the highest ash and moisture content and Chirang-1 showed the highest iron content. Chirang-2 topped in calcium and manganese content, Chirang-3 in crude protein and total nitrogen content and Borhola showed the highest moisture and zinc content. Correlation and PCA analysis helped in the identification of important nutrients and their association. Clustering showed two ward clusters. A heat map was generated which provided an integrated overview of multi‑trait variation highlighting patterns of similarity and dissimilarity among genotypes in relation to their nutritional composition.
Institution: Assam Agricultural University
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7225247444