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Influence of genetics, environment and admixtures on low erucic acid rapeseed in Canada
Author(s) -
Craig B. M.,
Mallard T. M.,
Wight R. E.,
Irvine G. N.,
Reynolds J. R.
Publication year - 1973
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/bf02641816
Subject(s) - erucic acid , rapeseed , brassica , glucosinolate , agronomy , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Single plant isolates in the Brassica napus and Brassica campestris species of rapeseed yielded glyceride oil containing small amounts of erucic acid. Agronomically suitable varieties were grown commercially in 1971 as the first phase in a changeover of Canadian rapeseed production from varieties with erucic contents of 20–45% to low erucic acid varieties. A program to monitor the erucic content by gas chromatographic analysis in the stages of production, handling and transportation from seed to export shipment was undertaken to evaluate the effects of genetics, environment and admixture. The individual increase in erucic content ranged from 0.5 to 1.0, resulting in total increases of 1–2%.