Nutrient evaluation and comparison of fresh milk in formulated recipes and its consumer acceptability

Abstract :

Sixteen accessions of Jatrophamcurcas collected from different agroclimatic zones of South India were studied for variability on seven seed characters at Forest Reserch Insititute, Kolapakkam, Chennai, India, The seed sources CJC 29, CJC 30, CJC 31 and CJC 32 were found as the best sources in comparison to others. The phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) and Genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) of the seven seed traits showed considerable variabiity. Germination value, germination energy and germination per cent showed higher GCV while seed weight, oil content, kernel weight and hull weight registered low GCV. Seed weight recorded moderate vlue of heritability and the germination per cent recorded highest heritability. The genetic as per cent of mean also was high for germination traits, suggesting that germination is under dtrong genetic control and good amount of heritable additive genetic component can be exploited for improvement of this species. Positive and significant genotypic correlation values were registered for all the six traits which signified that selection of any one of these traits would lead to improvement of the yield in the expected direction.