Temperature affects major fatty acid biosynthesis in noug (<i>Guizotia abyssinica</i>) self-compatible lines.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Noug (Guizotia abyssinica) is an economically important edible oilseed crop in Ethiopia with a large variation in seed set, seed oil content, and fatty acid composition among populations. Although noug is generally strictly self-incompatible (SI), self-compatible (SC) lines were recently developed. This study was conducted to investigate the levels of variation in seed setting and oleic acid content among the self-compatible lines.

Methods

The starting materials for the seed setting study were 200 genotypes selected from 100 inbred lines and having, on average, 57 seeds per capitulum, which is higher than that of the SI populations. The SC genotypes were analyzed for their oleic acid content using the half-seed technique.

Results

The analysis of 20

SUBMITTER: Gebeyehu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11673493 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature