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<p>The Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Life Sciences in Poznań conducted laboratory tests on the content of B vitamins in the grain of three varieties of yellow-colored fodder maize. The grains of the variety ES Metronom had the statistically significantly highest content of vitamins B1 and B9. In the case of vitamin B3, the significantly highest concentration was recorded in the grain of the variety ES Abakus, while the lowest concentration was found for the variety ES Metronom. In contrast, the grain of the variety ES Bombastic had significantly higher vitamin B6 content than that of the varieties ES Abakus and ES Metronom. The grain of the variety ES Metronom had significantly higher vitamin B9 content than the other two varieties tested. In general, it should be concluded that the content of B vitamins in maize grain is not determined by the type of maize hybrid.</p>
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The Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Life Sciences in Poznań conducted laboratory tests on the content of B vitamins in the grain of three varieties of yellow-colored fodder maize. The grains of the variety ES Metronom had the statistically significantly highest content of vitamins B1 and B9. In the case of vitamin B3, the significantly highest concentration was recorded in the grain of the variety ES Abakus, while the lowest concentration was found for the variety ES Metronom. In contrast, the grain of the variety ES Bombastic had significantly higher vitamin B6 content than that of the varieties ES Abakus and ES Metronom. The grain of the variety ES Metronom had significantly higher vitamin B9 content than the other two varieties tested. In general, it should be concluded that the content of B vitamins in maize grain is not determined by the type of maize hybrid.

The role of maize variety (<italic>Zea mays</italic> L.) in shaping the grain vitamin content

Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods

Department of Gastronomical Sciences and Functional Foods

Biometrical Letters

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The role of maize variety ( L.) in shaping the grain vitamin content

The Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Life Sciences in Poznań conducted laboratory tests on the content of B vitamins in the grain of three varieties of...

The role of maize variety (Zea mays L.) in shaping the grain vitamin content

Published Online: Dec 30, 2022

Page range: 171 - 177

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2022-0012

Keywords
maize, variety, vitamins

© 2022 Piotr Szulc et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The role of maize variety (Zea mays L.) in shaping the grain vitamin content

Published Online: Dec 30, 2022

Page range: 171 - 177

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2022-0012

Keywordsmaize, variety, vitamins

© 2022 Piotr Szulc et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
maize, variety, vitamins