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Pearl millet populations characterized by Fusarium prevalence, morphological traits, phenolic content, and antioxidant potential

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https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.10456
doi:10.1002/jsfa.10456
 
Title Pearl millet populations characterized by Fusarium prevalence, morphological traits, phenolic content, and antioxidant potential
 
Creator Bouajila, A
Lamine, M
Rahali, F Z
Melki, I
Prakash, G
Ghorbel, A
 
Subject Pearl Millet
 
Description Background: Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) has become increasingly attractive due to its health benefits. It is grown as
food for human consumption and fodder for livestock in Africa and Asia. This study focused on five pearl millet populations
from different agro-ecological zones from Tunisia, and on characterization by morphological traits, total phenolic and flavonoid
content, antioxidant activity, and occurrence of Fusarium.
Results: Analysis of variance revealed highly significant differences between populations for the quantitative traits. The highest
grain weights occurred in the pearlmillet cultivated in Zaafrana and Gergis of Tunisia. Early flowering and earlymaturing populations
cultivated in the center (Zaafrana, Rejiche) and south (Gergis) of Tunisia tended to have a higher grain yield. The Zaafrana
population showed the highest value of green fodder potentiel (number andweight of leaves/cultivar and theweight of tillers and
total plant/cultivar) followed by Gergis and Rejiche. The Kelibia population showed the highest total phenolic and flavonoid content.
Rejiche exhibited the greatest antioxidant activity. Trans-cinnamic, protocatechuic, and hydroxybenzoic acids were the
major phenolic compounds in all the extracts. Three Fusarium species were identified in Tunisian pearl millet populations based
on morphologic and molecular characterization. Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum occurred most frequently. The
average incidence of the three Fusarium species was relatively low (
 
Publisher Wiley
 
Date 2020-05
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11774/1/jsfa.10456.pdf
Bouajila, A and Lamine, M and Rahali, F Z and Melki, I and Prakash, G and Ghorbel, A (2020) Pearl millet populations characterized by Fusarium prevalence, morphological traits, phenolic content, and antioxidant potential. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (TSI), 100 (11). pp. 4172-4181. ISSN 0022-5142