Abstract Chickpea known as poor man’s meat has the potential to ameliorate micronutrient deficiencies. The objective was to understand heritable variation for zinc and iron in a diverse panel of 402 germplasm at two locations. Zinc and iron contents ranged from 1.10 to 5.91 mg/100 g to 0.50–8.54 mg/100 g, respectively and are comparable to some of the best biofortified crops of Harvest Plus target levels. Chickpea cultivars released for commercial cultivation were found to contain higher amounts of grain zinc and iron at both the locations. Analysis of phytic acid in cultivars with higher mineral contents showed negative correlation with zinc and iron. Heera, H82-2 and H214 for Zn; and L550, KGD1168, PG114, JG74 and ICCV6 for Fe are the cultivars identified with higher contents of Zinc (>4 mg/100 g) and iron (>6 mg/100 g). Promoting production of such iron and zinc rich cultivars will help in increasing availability and consumption of high quality chickpea necessary to alleviate hidden hunger.

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了解基因型变异并鉴定鹰嘴豆 (Cicer arietinum L.) 中铁和锌含量的有希望的基因型

摘要 鹰嘴豆被称为穷人的肉，具有改善微量营养素缺乏症的潜力。目的是了解两个位置的 402 种不同种质中锌和铁的遗传变异。锌和铁的含量范围分别为 1.10 至 5.91 毫克/100 克至 0.50-8.54 毫克/100 克，与 Harvest Plus 目标水平的一些最佳生物强化作物相当。发现用于商业种植的鹰嘴豆品种在这两个地方都含有更多的谷物锌和铁。对矿物质含量较高的品种中植酸的分析表明，其与锌和铁呈负相关。Heera、H82-2 和 H214 用于锌；Fe 的 L550、KGD1168、PG114、JG74 和 ICCV6 是鉴定出锌（>4 mg/100 g）和铁（>6 mg/100 g）含量较高的品种。