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Germination and free fatty acids in seed stock lots of cottonseed
Author(s) -
Hoffpauir Carroll L.,
Poe Sam E.,
Wiles L. U.,
Hicks Martha
Publication year - 1950
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02634974
Subject(s) - germination , cottonseed , cottonseed oil , fatty acid , seeding , chemistry , agronomy , food science , botany , biology , biochemistry
Summary The relationship of the free fatty acid content in the oil to the percentage germination for 254 samples of cottonseed of different varieties indicates that the free fatty acid content may be used as a practical screening index for use in selecting lots of cottonseed to be reserved for seeding purposes and subsequent testing for germination. The percentage germination decreases in general with increasing free fatty acid content. The mathematical probability that a given lot of seed will exceed a specified minimum germination value decreases markedly as the free fatty acid content of the oil increases. Insofar as practical, it is suggested that cottonseed reserved for seeding have a low free fatty acid content, less than 0.75% in the oil if at all possible.