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Table 6

Gross chemical composition of sesame genotypes.

Parameters Sesame genotypes

G1 (control) G2 G3 G4 G5 G6
Moisture content (%) 5.83a ± 0.11 4.51d ± 0.12 5.27c ± 0.15 5.66b ± 0.34 5.82a ± 0.31 5.15d ± 0.17
Oil content (%) 41.12d ± 2.20 45.65c ± 1.94 39.56de ± 1.23 47.58b ± 1.74 54.64a ± 3.87 54.13a ± 0.29
Protein (%) 27.33a ± 0.58 26.16b ± 0.22 24.2d ± 0.44 25.07c ± 0.15 26.56b ± 0.15 26.22b ± 0.15
Ash (%) 4.80b ± 0.10 4.78b ± 0.06 5.07a ± 0.05 4.11b ± 0.06 5.72a ± 0.17 5.15a ± 0.17
Crude fibre (%) 3.31c ± 1.53 4.01b ± 1.32 4.33ab ± 0.51 3.93c ± 0.58 4.17b ± 0.55 4.67a ± 0.55
Carbohydrate (%)* 26.75b ± 1.03 23.41c ± 0.49 31.17a ± 0.29 23.24c ± 0.38 13.08d ± 1.08 14.5d ± 1.08

*Calculated by difference; the values followed by the same letter (in each row) are not significantly variance (p ≤ 0.05).

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