Authors : Rajesh Kumar Tenguria; Parveen Kousar Zargar

Volume/Issue : Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 7 - July

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24JUL157

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Abstract : Environmental fluctuations can amplify variations even in clonal plants. However, it is unclear whether these differences in environmental conditions can alter physiological activities of two different ecotypes of lotus. We intended to evaluate whether the difference in nutrient content accumulation capability between two ecotypes is different because of the different geographical distribution. The present study revealed us a substantial difference in capacity of nutrient accumulation of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) due to environmental difference in tropical and temperate zone. The moisture content of lotus in the tropical region was 8.25%, whereas the temperate region was 86.04%.Maintaining a low moisture content might extend the shelf life of the seed. Crude protein and crude fibres levels were found to be high in tropical lotus (24.4% and 3.15%, respectively) and low in temperate lotus (17.50% and 2.00%). Growth amplifying environmental conditions leads to increase in production of protein content. The tropical lotus has the largest crude lipid content (3.68%), whereas the temperate lotus had the lowest (1.90%).Because of the presence of big rhizomes in temperate lotus, the amount of Ash content produced (8.00%) was about double that of tropical lotus (4.03%). Overall, the tropical lotus ecotype had the highest nutrient content accumulation for crude protein, crude fibres and crude lipids. However, temperate lotus has the highest moisture and ash content.

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