Effect of germination period on physiochemical properties of elite finger millet varieties

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Figure 1. Effect of the germination period on germination loss of elite finger millet varieties.

Figure 2. Effect of the germination period on the shoot length of elite finger millet varieties.

Figure 3. Effect of the germination period on the germination percentage of finger millet varieties.

Figure 4. Effect of the germination period on the pH value of elite finger millet varieties.

Figure 5. Effect of the germination period on the TTA content of elite finger millet varieties.

Table 1. Effect of the germination period on the color of finger millet flour

Variety	Parameter	Germination period (h)				Mean
		0	24	48	72
Axum	Color L	28.96 ± 0.98^a	72.72 ± 2.77^b	73.99 ± 1.86^b	74.02 ± 0.47^b	62.42
	Color a	14.42 ± 1.03^b	3.35 ± 0.06^a	2.78 ± 0.14^a	2.38 ± 0.15^a	5.73
	Color b	20.87 ± 0.11^c	8.32 ± 0.26^b	7.65 ± 0.18^a	7.38 ± 0.13^a	11.06
Meba	Color L	33.09 ± 0.34^c	72.67 ± 3.44^d	73.17 ± 0.30^d	75.13 ± 2.72^d	63.52
	Color a	19.44 ± 0.43 ^f	4.35 ± 0.92^d	2.93 ± 0.33^c	2.38 ± 0.15^c	7.28
	Color b	27.13 ± 0.69 ^f	8.28 ± 0.07^e	7.50 ± 0.43^d	7.38 ± 0.13^d	12.57
Tadesse	Color L	29.44 ± 0.36^e	75.69 ± 2.60 ^f	76.57 ± 2.65 ^f	78.41 ± 1.36 ^f	65.03
	Color a	19.42 ± 0.27 ^h	2.76 ± 0.10 ^g	1.92 ± 0.15 ^f	1.85 ± 0.20 ^f	6.49
	Color b	25.35 ± 0.39 ^h	7.61 ± 0.34 ^g	7.32 ± 0.13 ^g	7.09 ± 0.54 ^g	11.84
Tessema	Color L	27.73 ± 0.40 ^g	73.08 ± 0.11 ^h	73.31 ± 3.55 ^h	77.19 ± 0.83^i	62.83
	Color a	21.44 ± 0.39 ^l	4.25 ± 0.17^k	3.14 ± 0.20 ^j	2.90 ± 0.17^i	7.93
	Color b	26.64 ± 0.39^k	8.46 ± 0.23 ^j	7.86 ± 0.21^i	7.72 ± 0.27^i	12.67

All values are means of triplicate ± standard deviation. The means with the same superscript letters within a row for the same variety are not significantly different (P < 0.05).

Table 2. Effect of the germination period on the proximate composition of elite finger millet varieties

Variety	Germination periods (h)	Moisture (mg/100 g)	Ash (mg/100 g)	Crude fat (mg/100 g)	Crude protein (mg/100 g)	Crude fiber (mg/100 g)	Carbohydrate (mg/100 g)	Energy value (kcal/100 g)
Axum	0	6.80 ± 0.40^b	2.23 ± 0.09^a	2.12 ± 0.00^c	9.04 ± 0.64^a	2.91 ± 0.03^a	77.55 ± 0.20^b	356.46 ± 1.79^b
	24	9.67 ± 0.42^c	2.19 ± 0.22^a	1.02 ± 0.02^b	9.69 ± 0.15^a	4.49 ± 1.39^ab	73.05 ± 1.55^a	340.15 ± 5.79^a
	48	5.08 ± 0.15^a	2.08 ± 0.07^a	0.92 ± 0.02^a	10.30 ± 0.20^b	3.62 ± 0.13^ab	77.93 ± 0.26^b	361.22 ± 0.84^b
	72	5.10 ± 0.38^a	2.06 ± 0.06^a	0.91 ± 0.02^a	10.38 ± 0.40^b	4.03 ± 0.12^b	77.48 ± 0.55^b	359.63 ± 1.50^b
Meba	0	6.96 ± 0.41^e	2.24 ± 0.15^d	1.84 ± 0.01 ^g	8.63 ± 0.13^d	3.39 ± 0.17^c	77.00 ± 0.61 ^cd	359.03 ± 2.00^d
	24	8.56 ± 0.33 ^f	2.23 ± 0.09^bc	1.70 ± 0.06 ^g	8.25 ± 0.08^c	4.18 ± 0.94^c	75.18 ± 1.48^c	349.04 ± 5.08^c
	48	5.26 ± 0.55^d	2.05 ± 0.11^b	1.41 ± 0.15 ^f	8.94 ± 0.00^d	3.78 ± 0.23^c	78.18 ± 0.47^d	361.12 ± 1.94^d
	72	5.71 ± 0.03^d	2.04 ± 0.09^b	0.94 ± 0.04^d	10.18 ± 0.32^e	3.93 ± 0.05^c	76.80 ± 0.24 ^cd	356.35 ± 0.66^d
Tadesse	0	8.03 ± 0.55 ^h	2.41 ± 0.19^f	1.49 ± 0.47^h	6.78 ± 0.18^f	3.62 ± 0.16^d	77.06 ± 0.29^f	348.74 ± 4.11^f
	24	10.30 ± 0.73 ^h	2.37 ± 0.15^f	1.31 ± 0.28^h	6.80 ± 0.04^f	3.72 ± 0.24^d	75.53 ± 0.85^e	341.05 ± 4.24^e
	48	4.50 ± 0.22 ^g	2.14 ± 0.08^f	1.23 ± 0.16^h	6.91 ± 0.06^f	4.21 ± 0.01^f	81.04 ± 0.48^g	362.89 ± 0.44^g
	72	4.68 ± 0.47 ^g	1.67 ± 0.19^e	1.23 ± 0.03^h	6.38 ± 0.59^f	4.42 ± 0.12^f	81.80 ± 0.79^g	363.79 ± 1.93^g
Tessema	0	7.70 ± 0.56^ij	2.36 ± 0.03^hi	1.89 ± 0.09^j	8.61 ± 0.72^h	3.48 ± 0.11^g	75.85 ± 0.86^i	354.78 ± 2.48^i
	24	9.91 ± 0.55 ^j	2.34 ± 0.06^hi	1.48 ± 0.25^i	9.44 ± 0.18^hi	3.86 ± 0.27^g	72.98 ± 0.01^h	342.95 ± 2.88^h
	48	6.43 ± 1.82^i	2.05 ± 0.03^h	1.23 ± 0.04^i	10.47 ± 1.11^i	3.65 ± 0.65^g	76.16 ± 0.38^i	357.59 ± 5.00^i
	72	5.39 ± 0.74^i	1.96 ± 0.23^g	1.21 ± 0.34^i	3.70 ± 0.06 ^g	4.24 ± 1.29^g	83.50 ± 2.27^j	359.65 ± 6.05^i

All values are means of triplicate ± standard deviation. The means with the same superscript letters within a column for the same variety are not significantly different (P < 0.05).