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- Title
Breeding for Modified Fatty Acid Composition by Induced Mutations in Linseed (<em>Linum usitatissimum</em> L.).
- Authors
Nichterlein, Karin; Marquard, R.; Friedt, W.
- Abstract
Seeds of linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) cultivars 'Raulinus' and 'Bionda' were treated mutagenically with ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) in order to broaden the variation of fatty acid composition in the seed oil and to select mutants with reduced linolenic acid (C18 : 3) content. The M[sub2] generation was evaluated for fatty acid composition of the oil. Genetic variation for unsaturated fatty acid composition of the oil. Genetic variation for unsaturated fatty acids was demonstrated to be extended in the M[sub2] generation as compared to the controls. Finally in the M[sub5] generation of cv. 'Raulinus', lines with reduced C18 : 3 (<40 % vs. 55 %) and correspondingly increased linoleic or oleic acid contents, respectively, could be selected. These mutants proved to be genetically stable as demonstrated by parent-offspring (M[sub4]/M[sub5]) regression.
- Subjects
FLAX; MUTAGENESIS; FATTY acids; LINSEED oil; BIOCHEMICAL variation; ETHYL methanesulfonate; PLANT breeding research
- Publication
Plant Breeding, 1988, Vol 101, Issue 3, p190
- ISSN
0179-9541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1439-0523.1988.tb00287.x