Although bambara bean is relatively free of pathogens and pests, research to. To verify their taxonomic position, the strains were further analysed. Flowers appear 4060 days after planting, 30 days after pollination the pod reaches maturity and during another 55 days the seeds fully develop. In vitro seeds germination and seedling growth of bambara. Ecological and economic importance family is vigna subterranea bambara groundnut, a leguminous plant that develops underground fruits in the arid lands of africa. Amadi en, barimalaa is, omosigho j 1999a influence of temperature on the fermentation of bambara groundnut vigna subterranea to produce a dawadawatype product. Vigna subterranea the international plant genetic resources institute ipgri is an autonomous international scientific organization, supported by the consultative group on international agricultural. Germinated, roasted, and raw bambara flours, were added. It has a deep taproot surrounded by lateral profuse roots bearing nfixing nodules. Revitalizing cultivation and strengthening the seed. Vigna subterranea also known by its common names bambara groundnut, bambarabean, congo goober, earth pea, groundbean, or hogpeanut is a member of the family fabaceae. Awobusuyi and muthulisi siwela department of dietetics and human nutrition, university of kwazulunatal, pietermaritzburg 3209, south africa.
Bambara groundnut, also known as vigna subterranea, is a leguminous plant. Bambara nut, bambarabean, congo goober, earth pea, groundbean, or hogpeanut is a member of the family fabaceae. John olayinka atoyebi 1, 2, odutola osilesi 1, olugbenga adebawo 3 and michael abberton 4. Pest control rootknot nematodes meloidgyne incognita. Bambara nut vigna subterranea l verdc is a major source of vegetable protein in subsaharan africa. Although it produces a nutritious food and is cultivated throughout africa the bambara remains one of the crops most neglected by science. Africa, voandzou, nzama malawi, indhlubu and underground bean. Verdc in the southern africa enables farmers to fetch premium prices before the markets are flooded with produce from the main summer growing period. The crop makes few demands on the soil, and is known to be drought tolerant and. Agronomic and physiological performance of bambara groundnut vigna subterranea l. Heat treatments such as boiling or roasting are usually effective in destroying trypsin inhibitors.
Descriptors for bambara groundnut vigna subterranea. Pdf determination of some selected engineering properties of. The nutritional evaluation of the bambara groundnut ci12 landrace vigna subterranea l. Some free living rhizobia saprophytic bulked together for analysis to ascertain the physicoare capable of survival under drought stress or low water chemical properties of the soil. Pest germinating seeds include rodents, termites, ants and. Of particular importance to africa, the peanut there mostly known as groundnut contributes substantial nutrition to roughly threedozen nations encompassing two vast belts, one stretching from senegal to the central african republic and the other from sudan to south africa. Verdc is an important indigenous african edible legume, which is widely grown and. Bambara groundnut pods, shells and offal are the byproduct of processing the seeds into flour for human consumption. The offal is produced after splitting the seeds in an attrition mill to remove the shells, winnowing to remove loosened testa and converting the cotyledons into fine flour by milling several times followed by sieving. Functional properties were water and oil absorption, gelation, pasting, emulsification and foaming capacity. Bambara groundnut vigna subterranea seeds feedipedia. The effect of soil moisture on the proximate composition of bambara groundnut vigna subterranea l verdc s h brough tropical crops research unit, university of nottingham, sutton bonington campus, loughborough, le12 5rd, uk.
Download book pdf food and feed from legumes and oilseeds pp. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Bambara groundnut is an indigenous african crop used for both human consumption and animal feed, and, after the popular groundnut and cowpea, is the third most important grain legume crop of the african lowland tropics. It has its origin in west africa, and exists in both wild and cultivated forms.
Evaluation of nutrient parameters of selected african accessions of bambara groundnut vigna subterranea l. Morphological diversity of bambara groundnut vigna. Vigna subterranea ripens its pods underground, much like the peanut also called a groundnut. Determination of some selected engineering properties of. Seeds for bambara groundnut vigna subterranea amkha seed. A functional ingredient to favour the use of an unexploited sustainable protein source. Vigna subterranea ripens its pods underground, much like. Vigna subterranea is a member of the family fabaceae. It is recognized for its high nutritional value, its tolerance to poor soils, drought, salt stress and its ability to produce in. Food and agriculture organization of the united nations fao.
The response of bambara groundnut vigna subterranea l. This page was last edited on 23 december 2019, at 00. One such legume is bambara groundnut bg vigna subterranea l. Optimization of proximate composition and functional. Bambara nut vigna subterranea is an indigenous grain legume grown mainly by subsistence women farmers in drier parts of subsaharan africa mkandawire, 2007. This legume is grown for its underground seeds, which are formed in pods on or just below the ground, much like the similar but distinct peanut. Neglected legumes like bambara groundnut vigna subterranea l. Jan 30, 2015 bambara groundnut, also known as vigna subterranea, is a leguminous plant. Its ability to fix nitrogen and its resistance to high temperatures and drought makes it a valuable crop in areas where soils are too poor for other leguminous crops to grow.
The plant originated in west africa the bambara people are found in southern mali, guinea, burkina faso and senegal. An interesting member of the legume family bearing fruits that remain underground, much like the common peanut. Vigna subterranea, commonly known as bambara groundnut, is an emerging plant of interest used for gastric ulcer treatment, management and prevention. Nutrients free fulltext nutritional properties and. Vigna subterranea seeds are reported to have higher antitryptic activity than soybean and the level of activity depends on the variety landrace tibe et al. Bambara groundnut vigna subterranea pods, shells and offals. Searchable world wide web multilingual multiscript plant name database mmpnd online resource. O2 1department of soil science anambra state university uli.
Bg flour from red and blackeye varieties were studied. Bambara groundnut seed yield component vigna subterranea calcium magnesium potassium voandzeia subterranea. It occupies a prominent place in the strategies to ensure food security in subsaharan africa. Pest control rootknot nematodes meloidgyne incognita, m javanica can seriously reduce yield. The fruits contain edible seeds of various colors with a tasty flavor and supposedly high nutrition content. The beans are related to cowpeas and botanically known as vigna subterranea l. African origin of bradyrhizobium populations nodulating. Its seeds are highly nutritious and we can consider them a complete food. Pot experiment was conducted under transparent shade at the teaching and research farm of the.
Bradyrhizobium vignae, and a novel group of bradyrhizobium spp. Sprent the infection of vigna subtewaizea formerly voandzeia subtewanea by bradyrhizobiznz strain mao 1 isolated from v. Protective roles of vigna subterranea bambara nut in rats. Early planting of bambara groundnuts vigna subterranea l. Bambara groundnut vigna subterranea role in tropical africa, where they are part of tradition in l. Christo department of crop science and biotechnology, evan enwerem university, owerri p. The growth cycle is between 90170 days, about 120150 days to pod maturity under optimal conditions. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Muofhe 72 pests and diseases of bambara groundnut in zimbabwe y. The total polyphenol and total flavonoid contents were analyzed during the sprouting. The field was kept weed free by hand weeding and moisture stress was avoided through irrigation. Pdf variability in dehulling efficiency, colour, chemical composition and selected functional properties of raw and pretreated bambara.
Fonio digitaria exilis kippist stapf and bambara groundnut vigna subterranea l. Vigna subterranea an overview sciencedirect topics. Agronomic and physiological performance of bambara. A community biodiversity management approach was explored in this study as a means to reinforce the cultivation of these crops by increasing farmers access to intraspecific. Media in category vigna subterranea the following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. The crop has advantages over more favoured species in terms of nutritional value and tolerance to adverse environmental conditions. Trypsin inhibitor was extracted from the seed flour with a solution of 0. Evaluation of nutrient parameters of selected african.
Gwekwerere 78 evaluating the potential for bambara groundnut as a food crop in. In recent centuries the onceobscure peanut has expanded so dramatically as to become one of the worlds top crops. The health benefits of bambara groundnut are due to the abundance of some nutrients, which are present in them. The effect of soil moisture on the proximate composition of. This page was last edited on 2 september 2015, at 03.
Quantification of selected anti nutrients and bioactive. The bambara groundnut is also called the congo groundnut, congo goober, madagascar groundnut, earth pea, baffin pea, njugo bean s. Phylogenetic analysis of 16s rdna, glnii, reca and atpd sequences showed that vigna subterranea was nodulated specifically by a diverse group of bradyrhizobium species e. Oct 15, 2018 variability in dehulling efficiency, colour, chemical composition and selected functional properties of raw and pretreated bambara groundnut vigna subterranea l.
Vigna subterranea wikispecies, free species directory. A field experiment was conducted in tanzania for two seasons to assess the genetic diversity of bambara groundnut landraces based on morphological characters. Agronomic and physiological performance of bambara groundnut. Vigna subterranea groundnut bambara vigna subterranea. Origin and ecology of bambara groundnut vigna subterranea.
Vigna is phylogenetically closely related to agriculturally important genera such as cajanus, glycine and phaseolus gepts et al. Development of an efficient in vitro regeneration system, a prerequisite for genetic transformation application, requires the establishment of optimal conditions for seeds germination and plantlets development. By burying its fruits in the soil it protects them from insect damage which can devastate other crops such. Hosted by the usgs core science analytics and synthesis. This research analyzed the effect of processing boiling and roasting on the proximate, antinutrient, and mineral composition of vigna subterranea seeds. Perhaps the most attractive feature of the crop is its nutritional value.
In this study, the effect of moisture content on some quality. Nyimo beans vigna subterranea plants candide gardening. The proximate composition analysis showed significant difference between the levels of crude lipid, crude fiber, gross energy, carbohydrate, and moisture content in the raw and processed v. To phosphate fertilizer levels in igbariam south east nigeria. Morphological characterisation of selected african. Twenty one strains of symbiotic bacteria from root nodules of local races of cowpea vigna unguiculata, bambara groundnut vigna subterranea and peanuts arachis hypogaea grown on subsistence farmers fields in the kavango region of namibia, were previously characterized as a novel group within the genus bradyrhizobium. The results for trypsin inhibitor activity and overall trypsin inhibitor are shown in table 2 and 3 respectively. The effect of soil moisture on the proximate composition. Antioxidant activity and dna protection against oxidative. Page designed through the cooperative efforts of interagency itis teams. Genetic diversity of the bambara groundnut vigna subterranea l. Pdf agronomic and physiological performance of bambara. Trypsin inhibitor activity and condensed tannin content in. The genus vigna consists of 100 species that are distributed throughout the world, mainly in warm temperate and tropical regions schrire 2005.
This african species vigna subterranea is a lowgrowing legume, not unlike its. Conservation and improvement of bambara groundnut vigna subterranea l. The aim of this study was to determine some selected. Provided by ars systematic botany and mycology laboratory. This study evaluates the possibility of producing an acceptable provitamin a pvabiofortified maize amahewu, complemented with bambara flour, to contribute towards the alleviation of protein energy malnutrition pem and vitamin a deficiency vad. Trypsin inhibitor activity and condensed tannin content in bambara groundnut vigna.
Molecular taxonomic relationships in the genus vigna based on rflp analysis. Genetic diversity in bambara groundnut vigna subterranea l. Bioactive compounds in plants, being secondary metabolites are important phytochemicals, that form the basis of modern pharmacology and medical treatment because it has natural beneficial compounds such as in nutraceuticals, micronutrients e. Bambara groundnut vigna subterranea is an important grain legume which grows in the semiarid regions of africa. Amahewu is a fermented nonalcoholic cereal grain beverage, popular in southern africa. It is a legume in the fabaceae family, genus vigna. Nutritional properties and consumers acceptance of provitamin abiofortified amahewu combined with bambara vigna subterranea flour. Ijms free fulltext nutritive evaluation of the bambara. Vigna subterranea 2016 printed and published by department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries design and layout by communication services.
Protective roles of vigna subterranea bambara nut in. Plants profile for vigna subterranea bambarra groundnut. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Bambara groundnut is an important source of affordable protein in the diets especially in regions where animal protein is comparatively expensive.
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