Table 6: Total amino acid contents of traditional rice cultivars grown in Bombuwala RRDC.

 Cultivar

 

Total Amino acid content (g/kg), dry basis (n = 3)

 

Asp

Glu

Ser

His

Gly

Thr

Arg

Ala

Tyr

Val

Met

Trp

Phe

Ise

Leu

Lys

Pro

Total

Dikwee

Mean

8.4b

17.5b

7.3b

2.0a

8.6c

2.6a

4.6b

10.3b

2.3a

8.7ab

1.3b

0.7c

6.5a

4.6a

7.9a

4.3a

4.6b

102.1b

SD

0.05

0.2

0.01

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.02

0.03

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.03

0.04

0.3

Godaheenati

Mean

7.2e

13.6f

5.9f

1.9b

7.2e

2.1e

3.8e

8.5e

2.0b

6.0e

1.4b

0.6c

5.9d

3.8c

6.8f

3.3c

4.1c

84.1f

SD

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.03

0.1

0.04

0.1

0.02

0.1

0.1

0.8

Masuran

Mean

6.4f

12.7g

5.5g

1.7b

6.6f

2.0e

3.7f

8.1f

2.0b

5.6f

1.3b

0.9a

5.8e

3.4d

6.5g

3.4bc

3.9d

79.5g

SD

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.7

Pachchaperumal

Mean

7.5d

15.2e

6.5e

1.9b

7.6d

2.2d

4.1d

9.1d

2.0b

7.7c

1.8a

0.7c

6.1c

3.9c

7.0e

3.5b

4.6b

91.4e

SD

0.04

0.03

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.02

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.03

0.04

0.1

0.1

0.5

Suduru Samba

Mean

8.8a

17.6a

7.5

2.1a

9.3a

2.5ab

4.9a

10.5a

2.2a

8.8a

1.9a

0.8b

6.4b

4.2b

7.7b

3.4bc

5.1a

103.7a

SD

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.01

0.04

0.02

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.5

Suduheeanti

Mean

8.7a

16.8c

7.1c

2.1a

8.9b

2.4bc

4.5b

10.3b

2.1ab

8.7b

1.4b

0.9a

6.5ab

4.2b

7.6c

3.5b

3.8d

99.6c

SD

0.03

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.01

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.01

0.1

0.5

Suwanda Samba

Mean

7.8c

16.2d

6.8d

1.9b

8.6c

2.3c

4.4c

10.1c

2.3a

7.2d

1.4b

0.7c

6.4b

4.2b

7.4d

2.2d

4.7b

94.5d

SD

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.7

Values within a column followed by different letters are significantly different at p < 0.05 according to Duncan Multiple Range test; SD: Standard Deviation; RRDC: Rice Research Development; n = Number of replicates; Asp: Aspartic acid; Glu: Glutamic acid; Ser: Serine; His: Histidine; Gly: Glycine; Lys: Lysine; Thr: Threonine; Arg: Arginine; Ala: Alanine; Tyr: Tyrosine; Val: Valine; Pro: Proline; Met: Methionine; Trp: Tryptophan; Phe: Phenylalanine; Ile: Isoleucine; Leu: Leucine