Variations in Acha (Digitaria species) grain characteristics

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dc.contributor.authorAbdul, S.D.
dc.contributor.authorOgunkanmi, L.A.
dc.contributor.authorDachi, S.
dc.contributor.authorOnuminya, T.O.
dc.contributor.authorOsundinakin, M.I.
dc.contributor.authorAjikah, L.A.
dc.contributor.authorRotimi, O.T.
dc.contributor.authorIloh, A.C.
dc.contributor.authorOgundipe, O.T.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-04T10:43:00Z
dc.date.available2020-03-04T10:43:00Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionStaff publicationsen_US
dc.description.abstractTen acha accessions (Digitaria sp.) collected from Kaduna (K1, K2, K3, K4 and K5), Nassarawa (NA1 and NA2) and Niger (NI1, NI2 and NI3) States, in the Northern parts of Nigeria were evaluated for their size (length and width) of corticated and decorticated grains and shape, number of nerves on the abaxial and adaxial surfaces of the glumes and variations in seed colour in the Botany Laboratory of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria. The results showed that (K5) had large grain size averaging 1.47 mm and 1.17 mm in length, and 0.79 mm and 0.75 mm in width for corticated and decorticated grains, respectively. Overall for corticated grains K1 had low grain length, averaging 1.03 mm, while NI3 had low grain width averaging 0.57 mm. However, for decorticated grains low average length and width of 0.83 mm and 0.57 mm were recorded on K4 and NA1, respectively. The grains were elliptical to ovate in shape. The number of nerves on the adaxial surface varied widely from 0-5 in all the accessions, except for K5 that consistently had three (3) nerves. Similarly, the number of nerves on the abaxial glumes of the accessions ranged from 3-8, except for K5 that had five (5) nerves. Of all the accessions only the glumes of the grains from the accession K5 had hairs on their surfaces and margins. All the accessions had glume colour that varied from light brown to dark brown, except K5 that had consistently dark brown colour. The decorticated seed colours across the accessions were glassy white to purple, except K5 that showed uniformly glassy white colour.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTertiary Education Trust Fund 2017en_US
dc.identifier.citationbdul, S.D. Ogunkanmi, L.A. Dachi, S. Onuminya, T.O. Osundinakin, M.I. Ajikah, L.A. Rotimi, O.T. Iloh, A.C. & Ogundipe, O.T. (2018). Variations in Acha (Digitaria species) grain characteristics. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Genetic Society of Nigeria; Section One: Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology.Pp 430-437en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8036
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGenetic Society of Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectGrain colouren_US
dc.subjectGrain shapeen_US
dc.subjectGrain sizeen_US
dc.subjectGlumeen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.titleVariations in Acha (Digitaria species) grain characteristicsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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