Table 1. Statistics of phytate contents in pearl millet grains from a panel of inbred lines covering a large genetic diversity.
Min | Max | Median | Mean | St Dev | Coef var | ||
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g/100 g | PAP | 0.198 | 0.410 | 0.281 | 0.281 | 0.036 | 0.129 |
Ptot | 0.296 | 0.520 | 0.392 | 0.389 | 0.040 | 0.103 | |
Pi | 0.077 | 0.186 | 0.110 | 0.105 | 0.019 | 0.169 | |
PAP/Ptot | 0.516 | 0.803 | 0.718 | 0.730 | 0.043 | 0.059 | |
g/50 seeds | seed weight | 0.163 | 0.609 | 0.387 | 0.373 | 0.088 | 0.228 |
Data are related to phytic acid phosphorus (PAP), total phosphorus (Ptot), inorganic phosphate (Pi), ratio of phytic acid phosphorus to total phosphorus (PAP/Ptot) and seed weight of 145 inbred lines.