Protein quality and digestibility of new high-lysine barley varieties in growing rats
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Plant Foods for Human Nutrition
- Vol. 48 (2), 169-179
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01088313
Abstract
Four new high-lysine barley mutants, the variety ‘Lysimax’, with the high-lysine genelys3a and the mutants mother variety ‘Sultan’ were grown in a field trial in 1993 at Risø, Denmark. Mutants 609, 1242, 1385 and 1405 yielded in the range of 89 to 98 percent and cv ‘Lysimax’ yielded 102 percent of cv ‘Sultan’ (100 percent). One-thousand kernel weights for the mutants were in the range of 87 to 97 percent and cv ‘Lysimax’ 83 percent of cv ‘Sultan’ (100 percent). Protein contents of the mutants were slightly higher, in the range of 13.2 to 13.6 percent, than of cv ‘Sultan’ (13.1 percent) and ‘Lysimax’ which had a protein content of 12.6 percent. Fat content was higher in ‘Lysimax’ and in the mutants except for mutant 1385 than in cv ‘Sultan’ while dietary fibre contents of the barleys were similar. The levels of β-glucans and starch were usually lower in ‘Lysimax’ and in the mutants. The highest lysine levels: 4.6, 4.0 and 3.7 g/16 g N occurred in cv ‘Lysimax’ and mutants 609 and 1405 compared to 3.3, 3.3 and 3.2 for cv ‘Sultan’ and mutants 1242 and 1385, respectively. Mutants 609 and 1405 and cv ‘Lysimax’ also had higher levels of threonine, histidine and valine. The increased lysine contents resulted in large, at most 20 percent, increases in biological value; 88.8, 81.7 and 78.3 percent for cv ‘Lysimax’ and mutants 609 and 1405 compared to 74.2 percent for cv ‘Sultan’. True protein digestibilities and energy digestibilities were slightly lower in ‘Lysimax’ than in ‘Sultan’, 5.3 and 4.3 percentage units, respectively. It is concluded that the development of high-lysine barley varieties is very beneficial for meeting the requirements of indispensable amino acids for humans and monogastric animals. In addition, nitrogen excretion into the environment is drastically reduced due to the higher biological values of the mutants.Keywords
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