African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6837

Full Length Research Paper

Brassica oleracea genotypes displaying interesting fatty acid profiles for Brassica napus breeding

F. Seyis1,2* and W. Friedt2    
1Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey. 2Institute of Plant Breeding, Justus-Liebig-University,  Giessen, Germany.    
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 22 June 2010
  •  Published: 04 December 2010

Abstract

Brassica oleracea (CC) normally displays an erucic acid (22:1) content ranging from 28 to 63%. In the course of studies dealing with the inheritance of erucic acid content in the seed oil of Brassica species individual plants belonging to three accessions of B. oleracea conv. capitata - Kashirka 202, Ladozhskaya DS 8395 and Eisenkopf - were identified displaying low, intermediary and high erucic acid content. The fatty acid profiles of these cabage genotypes and their potential use in Brassica napus breeding is discussed.

 

Key words: Brassica oleracea, cabbage, low-erucic acid mutant, fatty acid composition, breeding.

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