Sechium edule

The genus Sechium includes 11 species, which are highly related to the genus Sicyos. Sechium is native to Mesoamerica, but only S. edule and S. tacaco have been domesticated. Sechium edule is the most exploited species of the genus due to its broad phenotypic variability. A total of 68 samples from the species S. chinantlense, S. compositum, S. hintonii and S. edule were evaluated, as well as their respective varietal complexes (albus, nigrum and virens groups), thereby amplifying the loci of mitochondrial DNA (CoxIII), chloroplast DNA (rbcL) and the nuclear ribosomal ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region.

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Sechium edule is an underutilized, rapidly perishable vegetable crop commonly grown in North East India. Attempts have been made in present investigation to formulate value added products from this vegetable. Results suggest that vegetable dumplings and tutti-frutti developed have reasonable amount of proximate principles and can be stored up to three months thereby increasing the shelf life of the vegetable. Results indicate that raw vegetable had very high moisture content (87.38%). Value addition to the vegetable led to significant increase in the protein content (21.

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