Characterization of Walnut ( Juglans Regia L.) Genotypes in Ladakh Region of India

*Different small letters reflects significant differences according to the Duncan Multiple Range Test at the level of significance,

P =0.05.

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G1

G2

G3

G4

12

10

8

6

4

2

0

Kernel weight (g)

Inshell nut weight

(g)

Figure 1. Kernel weight and inshell nut weight in different genotypes of walnut

Conclusion

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Theȱ presentȱ studyȱ indicatedȱ thatȱ theȱ genotypesȱ

CortesȱB,ȱNunezȱI,ȱCofanȱM,ȱGilabertȱR,ȱHerasȱA,ȱCasalsȱE,ȱ

exhibitedȱvariabilityȱinȱtheȱleaf,ȱshoot,ȱnut,ȱshellȱandȱ

DeulofeuȱRȱandȱRosȱEȱ2006.ȱAcuteȱeffectsȱofȱhigh-fatȱmealsȱ

kernelȱcharacters.ȱTheȱgenotypesȱG2,ȱG3ȱandȱG4ȱareȱ

enrichedȱ withȱ walnutsȱ oilȱ onȱ postpradialȱ endothelialȱ

supremeȱinȱseveralȱcharactersȱinȱtheȱpresentȱfindings.ȱ

function.ȱ Journal of the American College of Cardiology 48 (8):ȱ

Theseȱ canȱ beȱ usedȱ forȱ variousȱ cropȱ improvementȱ

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DeidreȱKBȱandȱFrankȱBHȱ2009.ȱEffectsȱofȱwalnutȱconsumptionȱ

onȱ bloodȱ lipidsȱ andȱ otherȱ cardiovascularȱ riskȱ factors;ȱ aȱ

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Acknowledgement

of

Clinical

Nutrition

90 :18.ȱ http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/

TheȱauthorsȱgratefullyȱaccreditedȱtheȱViceȱChancellorȱ

ajcn.2009.27457

andȱ theȱ Deanȱ ofȱ Instituteȱ ofȱ Agriculturalȱ Science,ȱ

Diousseȱ L,ȱ Pankowȱ JS,ȱ Eckfeldtȱ JH,ȱ Folsomȱ AR,ȱ Hopkinsȱ

PN,ȱProvinceȱMA,ȱHongȱYȱandȱEllisionȱRCȱ2001.ȱRelationȱ

Universityȱ ofȱ Calcutta,ȱ Westȱ Bengal,ȱ Indiaȱ andȱ

betweenȱdietaryȱlinoleicȱacidȱandȱcoronaryȱarteryȱdiseaseȱ

BidhanȱChandraȱKrishiȱViswavidyalaya,ȱMohanpur,ȱ

inȱ theȱ Nationalȱ Heart,ȱ Lungȱ andȱ Bloodȱ Instituteȱ Familyȱ

Nadia,ȱ Westȱ Bengal,ȱ Indiaȱ forȱ furnishingȱ allȱ theȱ

Heartȱ study.ȱ The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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