Twenty sesame varieties/ germplasm along with susceptible check (GT 2) were screened against stem and root rot disease by artificial inoculation under field condition. Out of these, four varieties /germplasm viz., AT 343, AT 345, AT 371 and Khadkalu 4 showed resistant reaction, while seven varieties /germplasm viz., Gujarat Til 5, AT 288, AT 314, AT 332, AT 338, AT 364 and Borda 2 showed moderately resistant reaction. However, only one variety i.e. Gujarat Til 3 showed highly susceptible reaction.
In present study flavoured milk prepared with addition of 6 parts of black carrot juice (T4) scored highest marks for all sensory attributes, viz., colour and general appearance, taste and acceptability. The chemical composition of flavoured milk i.e. fat, protein and total solids was significantly decreased while acidity, solids not fat and ash percentage significantly increased with increased levels of black carrot juice.
A set of 17 genotypes of turmeric Curcuma longa L. of N.D.U.A&T Kumarganj Faizabad were assessed for variation in morphological features, leaf and rhizome essential oil content, yield and quality, curcumin content in rhizome and curcumin yield and potential for curcumin extraction from rhizomes, following their distillation for essential oil extraction. Large variability was recorded in all the features studied. The genotypes demonstrated wide variation in the contents of γ-terpenene, 1, 8-cineole and ρ-cymene in the leaf essential oils and of pinene, myrcene, Ar-curcumene and turmerones in the rhizome essential oils. There were some genotypes which were highly deficient in one or more terpenoids in their leaf and/or rhizome essential oil. The leaf oils of the accessions NDH-7, NDH-8, NDH-9, and NDH-45 were deficient in ρ-cymene and Ar-turmerones, Ar-curcumene and Ar-turmerone, Ar-turmerone and β-turmerone, Ar-curcumene and Ar-turmerone and β-turmerone and Ar-curcumene and all turmerones, respectively. The rhizome essential oil of the genotype NDH-14 was highly rich in turmerones and that of NDH-98 was deficient in turmerones, respectively. The genotypes NDH-88, NDH-108 and NDH-118 were identified as high yielding elite resource for both curcumin and leaf oil. The possibility of profitable extraction of curcumin from the essential oil extracted rhizomes was demonstrated.
