Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (3)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Saeidi, G.
Right arrow Articles by Rowland, G. G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Saeidi, G.
Right arrow Articles by Rowland, G. G.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

The Journal of Heredity 1997:88(6):466-468
© 1997 The American Genetic Association 88:466-468

research-article

The Inheritance of Variegated Seed Color and Palmitic Acid in Flax

G. Saeidi, and G. G. Rowland

Department of Crop Science and Plant Ecology
Crop Development Centre

Corresponding Editor: Reid G. Paimer

Abstract

Mutation breeding in flax (Linum usltatissimum L) has led to the development of a new type of edible flaxseed oil that has nearly eliminated linolenic acid and quadrupied the level of palmitic acid. This cottonseed-like oil should be suited for the production of margarine and shortening. A variegated seed coat color mutant may be used as a phenotypic marker to distinguish varieties with this particular fatty acid profile from those of linseed (high linolenic acid) or solin (low linolenic acid) varieties. The objective of this study was to determine the inheritance of a variegated seed coat color mutation and its linkage relationship with the high palmitic acid mutation. The results showed that variegated seed coat color was controlled by a single recessive gene. Also It was determined that the palmltic and variegated seed loci segregated independently. Therefore solin varieties can be developed with this unique and useful combination of both high paimitic acid and variegated seed color.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Crop Sci.Home page
O. Mittapalli and G. Rowland
Inheritance of Seed Color in Flax
Crop Sci., November 1, 2003; 43(6): 1945 - 1951.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J HeredHome page
Y. Zewdie and P. W. Bosland
Inheritance of Seed Color in Capsicum
J. Hered., July 1, 2003; 94(4): 355 - 357.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.