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Genetic studies of peanut proteins and oils
Author(s) -
Tai Y. P.,
Young Clyde T.
Publication year - 1975
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/bf02639201
Subject(s) - cultivar , amino acid , transgressive segregation , biology , peanut oil , fatty acid , botany , food science , gene , biochemistry , quantitative trait locus , ecology , raw material
Six peanut cultivars (Chico, Argentine, Tennessee Red, Florunner, F334A‐B‐14, and Florida Jumbo) and their F 2 seed populations were used to determine the inheritance of protein and oil contents. The results suggested that both protein and oil contents were quantitatively inherited. Calculated correlation coefficients between protein and oil contents were negative and varied from nonsignificant to highly significant in both parental and F 2 populations. Three F 2 populations, F334 × Tennessee Red, Florida Jumbo × Chico, and F334 × Argentine, plus their parents were studied for genetic behavior of amino acid and fatty acid compositions. The results indicate that these traits also were inherited quantitatively, and the peanuts had the capacity to give a transgressive segregation with some of the amino acids and fatty acids. Correlations among 18 amino acids plus 8 fatty acids suggested a complex system of genetic control among amino acid and fatty acid compositions within each of the peanut cultivars and their F 2 progenies.