Effect Of Agromorphological Diversity and Botanical Race on Biochemical Composition in Sweet Grains Sorghum [Sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench] of Burkina Faso

Authors

  • Nerbéwendé Sawadogo Université Ouaga I Professeur Joseph KI-ZERBO
  • Quedraogo Mahamadi Hamed Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-ZERBO
  • Traore Renan Ernest Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-ZERBO
  • Nanema Kiswendsida Romaric Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-ZERBO
  • Kiebre Zakaria Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-ZERBO
  • Batiano-Kando Pauline Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-ZERBO
  • Nebie Baloua International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
  • Sawadogo Mahamadou Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-ZERBO
  • Zongo Jean-Didier Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-ZERBO

Keywords:

Sorghum, neglected culture, sorghum race, biochemical composition, Burkina Faso

Abstract

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is an under-harvested crop in Burkina Faso. It is grown mainly for its sweet grains in the pasty stage. However, the precocity of the cycle and the sweet grains at pasty stage make it an interesting plant with agro-alimentary potential during the lean season. This study was carried out to identify the main sugars responsible for the sweetness of the grains at the pasty stage and their variation according to the agro-morphological group and the botanical race. Thus, the grains harvested at the pasty stage of fifteen (15) accessions selected according to the agro-morphological group and botanical  race were lyophilized and analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The results reveal the presence of four (4) main carbohydrates at pasty stage of grains such as fructose, glucose, sucrose and starch. Analysis of variance revealed that these carbohydrates discriminate significantly the agro-morphological groups and the botanical races. Moreover, with exception of the sucrose, the coefficient of determination (R2) values shows that the agro-morphological group factor has a greater effect on the expression of glucose, fructose and starch than the botanical race. Group III and caudatum race have the highest levels of fructose and would be the sweetest. While group IV and the guinea-bicolor race with the low value of fructose would be the least sweet. Fructose is therefore the main sugar responsible for the sweetness of the pasty grains of sweet grains sorghum.

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Published

2017-11-15

How to Cite

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Sawadogo, N., Mahamadi Hamed, Q., Renan Ernest, T., Kiswendsida Romaric, N., Zakaria, K., Pauline, B.-K., Baloua, N., Mahamadou, S. and Jean-Didier, Z. 2017. Effect Of Agromorphological Diversity and Botanical Race on Biochemical Composition in Sweet Grains Sorghum [Sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench] of Burkina Faso. Journal of BioScience and Biotechnology. 6, 1 (Nov. 2017), 1–7.

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Genetics

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