eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2017-06-28 14 2 821 825 10.13005/bbra/2514 25953 article Rishi Thakur 1,2 Sunil Kumar 2 Chander P. Awasthi 1 Madan L. Verma 2 CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalya, Palampur-176062, HP, India. Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri Campus, Hamirpur-177001 HP, India. The present investigation reports the details biochemical characterization of tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.) genotypes. The grain samples of selected thirteen tartary buckwheat varieties/genotypes were evaluated using standard biochemical methods. Values for moisture, fat, ash, crude fibre, carbohydrates, total soluble protein, methionine, tryptophan and in vitro protein digestibility evaluated in the grains of tartary buckwheat genotypes showed the range of variation from 10.3-11.5%, 1.9-2.5%, 1.8-2.3%, 7.1-7.9%, 63.8-67.4%, 9.8-11.3 %, 76.0-93.5 mg/g N, 68.2-78.0 mg/g N and 70.7-74.7 %, respectively. Overall superior multipurpose genotypes were identified as Sangla-B-106 followed by Shimla-B-1, Sangla-B-118 and Sangla-B-1 in tartary buckwheat grains based on desirable quality attributes in descending order. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol14no2/biochemical-evaluation-of-tartary-buckwheat-fagopyrum-tataricum-gaertn-genotypes-of-cold-desert-of-himachal-pradesh/ Crude fibre; carbohydrate; methionine; tryptophan; in vitro protein digestibility