Manamelkudi, located along the Palk Strait of East coast of Tamil Nadu serve as treasure houses for valuable marine resources like sea grass and seaweeds. A study was undertaken at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Kudumiyanmalai during 2016-17 to evaluate the nutritional composition of the seaweeds in order to use them as potential food ingredients. Seaweed samples were collected from Manamelkudi village of Pudukkottai district at different time intervals . March, July and November and were identified as Gracilaria salicornia and Gracilaria edulis at Botanical Survey of India, Coimbatore. | Proximate analysis and mineral composition of seaweeds of Manamelkudi Coast Pudukkottai district India
