Numerous wild relatives occur in africa and a smaller number in india. Pedaliaceae is one of the oldest condiments and economically important oilseed crop, containing 4060% oil and medicinally important due to presence of wide range of secondary metabolites. In direct combining, weeds can be a big problem because. Ix sesame cycle descriptors sesamum indicum working paper 1. Pdf the antibacterial activities of sesamum indicum linn.
Sesamum sesamum indicum is an ancient oil seed crop and grown in india from antiquity. The leaves are rich in a gummy matter and when mixed with water they form a rich bland mucilage that is used in the treatment of infant cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, catarrh and bladder troubles. It is believed that sesame is one of the oldest crops in the world, cultivated for over 4,300 years in babylon and assyria hwang, 2005. Its primary marketable products are the whole seeds, seed oil and meal. Sesamum indicum agriculturae conspectus scientificus. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with edible seeds. Sesame has one of the highest oil contents of any seed, which is known for. They use broadcasting for planting and manual weeding, harvesting, drying, and threshing. Nutritional, medicinal and industrial uses of sesame. Comparative qualitative phytochemical analysis of sesamum.
We further merged the novel coding transcripts with the reference transcripts to get. Pedaliaceae une adventice recemment naturalisee en tunisie. The primary aim of sesame breeding is to improve yield as well as oil content. More interestingly, by combining comparative genomic and. There is need to know the natural diversity in oil quality to facilitate breeding, while reliable regeneration and transformation protocols need to be developed for. The emerging oilseed crop sesamum indicum enters the omics era. Th e seeds, hulled or dehulled, roasted or raw are now widely used in the european and north american.
The seeds are yellowish white, brown, gray to black, flat pyriform 2. Sesame sesamum indicum is an annual plant, belong to pedaliaceae family 1, is a herbaceous plant cultivated for its edible seed, oil and flavorsome value. Genetic improvement of oil quality in sesame sesamum. The bestknown member of the genus is sesame, sesamum indicum syn. Economic empowerment of rural women in northern ghana through indigenous rural enterprises. Dynamic transcriptome landscape of sesame sesamum indicum l. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 2. Harvest of the non shattering varieties can be done with a combine. While sesame seeds have been grown in tropical regions throughout the world since prehistoric times, traditional myths hold that their origins go back even further.
Worldwide, it is used for its nutritional, medicinal, and industrial purposes. Floral biology and pollination requirements of sesame sesamum indicum l. Floral biology and pollination requirements of sesame. Seeds an overview 161 ground form where they comprise the base material of tahini, a paste used as an ingredient in eastern mediterranean and middle eastern foods.
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