EFFECT OF EARHEAD BUG FEEDING ON NUTRITIONAL CONTENTS OF SORGHUM SEEDS

N. NATARAJAN and P. C. SUNDARA BABU

doi:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A02162

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EFFECT OF EARHEAD BUG FEEDING ON NUTRITIONAL CONTENTS OF SORGHUM SEEDS

Author: N. NATARAJAN and P. C. SUNDARA BABU,

p-ISSN: 0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol: 74, Issue: mar-mar,

DOI:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A02162

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Abstract

Feeding by sorghum, earhead bug. Calocoris angustatus Lethierry resulted in changes in the nutrional content of sorghum seeds. The depletion in starch (6.67 to 28.39%) and protien (27.3 to 52.6%) contents in infested grain was noted Free amino acid contents increased appreciably in the infested grain seeds to the tune of 88 89 to 396.00 per cent over healthy seeds.

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