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Agricultural Characters, Phenolic and Nutritional Contents, and Antioxidant Activities of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) Germplasms Cultivated in the Republic of Korea
Yu-Mi Choi1
,
Do Yoon Hyun1
,
Sukyeung Lee1
,
Hyemyeong Yoon1
,
Myung-Chul Lee2
,
Sejong Oh2
,
Ho-Cheol Ko3
,
Myoung-Jae Shin1
,
Onsook Hur1
,
Jung Yoon Yi1
,
Taye Desta Kebede45*
1>Junior Researcher, National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea
2Senior Researcher, National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea
3Junior Researcher, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54875, Korea
4Post-doctoral Researcher, National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea
5Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama 1888, Ethiopia
* Corresponding Author
1 February 2020. pp. 50-61
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Abstract

Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) is an important legume species that produces seeds that are rich in phenolic compounds and dietary nutrients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the agricultural characters, phenolic and nutritional contents, and antioxidant capacities of seeds from 82 pigeon pea germplasms cultivated in the Republic of Korea. The accessions exhibited compact (24.39%), semi-spreading (74.39%), or spreading (1.22%) growth habits and determinate (89.02%), indeterminate (8.54%), or semi-determinate (2.44%) flowering patterns. Days to 75% maturity ranged from 30 to 72 d, and yield per plant ranged from 6.00 to 148.60 g. Meanwhile, total phenolic, crude protein, crude fiber, and dietary fiber contents ranged from 16.42 ± 0.62 to 29.67 ± 0.43 ㎎ gallic acid equivalent per g of dried extract, from 16.76 ± 6.74% to 22.61 ± 0.05%, from 4.70 ± 0.24 to 8.63 ± 0.02%, and from 12.98 ± 0.71 to 33.19 ± 1.50%, respectively. In addition, DPPH radical-scavenging capacity ranged from 1.61 ± 0.10 to 16.04 ± 2.30 ㎎ ascorbic acid equivalent per g of dried extract, and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity ranged from 3.03 ± 0.86 to 42.24 ± 0.72 ㎎ Trolox equivalent per g of dried extract. Phenolic content was correlated with both DPPH radical-scavenging capacity (r = 0.63) and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (r = 0.29). Nine accessions (IT170290, IT170291, IT170270, IT170276, IT170379, IT170386, IT170388, IT170418, and IT170340) exhibited early maturity, compact and erect growth habits, and above average antioxidant activities and phenolic and protein contents. In addition, accessions IT170290 and IT170291 were especially promising pigeon pea germplasms to grow, owing to various favorable characteristics (e.g., high yield and dietary fiber content). Hence, these accessions could be useful cultivars to the Republic of Korea if considered in future agricultural systems.

Keywords
Cajanus cajan
Dietary nutrient
Phenolic compound
Pigeon pea
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  • Publisher :The Plant Resources Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국자원식물학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Plant Resources
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원식물학회지
  • Volume : 33
  • No :1
  • Pages :50-61
  • Received Date : 2019-12-04
  • Revised Date : 2020-01-14
  • Accepted Date : 2020-01-14
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2020.33.1.50
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