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Interactions of Alleles at Two Loci Regulating Fatty Acid Composition of the Seed Oil of Safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius L.) 1
Author(s) -
Ladd S. L.,
Knowles P. F.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1971.0011183x001100050024x
Subject(s) - carthamus , stearic acid , oleic acid , biology , linoleic acid , safflower oil , composition (language) , food science , botany , fatty acid , allele , biochemistry , gene , chemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , traditional medicine
Alleles affecting the fatty acid composition of the seed oil of safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius L.) at the st (stearic acid) and ol (oleic acid) loci segregated independently. Increases in stearic acid percentage were accompanied by decreases in the percentage of oleic acid, linoleic acid, or both. In certain genotypes it appeared that cooler growing temperatures reduced the relative amounts of stearic and oleic acids while increasing linoleic acid.