Grain Characteristics of Different Sorghum Lines

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dc.contributor.author Ssemmanda, Annet Desire
dc.date.accessioned 2021-03-03T12:07:28Z
dc.date.available 2021-03-03T12:07:28Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.description A Research Project Report Submitted to the Department of Food Science and Nutrition in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology of Makerere University en_US
dc.description.abstract Grain characteristics namely 1000-Kernel weight, bulk density, color, tannin content and endosperm texture of three different lines of lines developed by the MaRCCI sorghum breeding program were tested. The three lines are ECO, FB and MAGIC and from the results obtained, line FB had the highest 1000-kernel weight of 41.6g and MAGIC had the lowest kernel weight of 15.1g. FB line also had the highest bulk density of 0.8g/ml. ECO line contained grains that were both colored and white, some of the colored grains contained tannins. The ECO line grains endosperm textures was majorly floury. The FB line grains were mainly white with a few colored, they were non-tannin and majority of them had a corneous endosperm texture. MAGIC line grains were majorly colored with a few white ones; they were all non-tannin and mostly had intermediate endosperm textures. The results from this study can be used in breed line selection. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Ssemmanda, A.D. (2021). Grain Characteristics of Different Sorghum Lines. Undergraduate dissertation. Makerere University en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/9212
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Makerere University en_US
dc.subject Grain Characteristics en_US
dc.subject Bulk density, en_US
dc.subject Tannin Content en_US
dc.subject Endosperm Texture en_US
dc.subject Kernel Weigh en_US
dc.title Grain Characteristics of Different Sorghum Lines en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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