Inheritance of saturated fatty acid composition in maize kernel
1988
Surlan-Momirovic, G. (Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd (Yugoslavia). Institut za ratarstvo)
The fatty acid composition of maize oil is important in determining nutritional quality and possible uses of oil in industrial applications. Several inheritance studies of major unsaturated fatty acids have been reported, but little information is available for saturated fatty acids. Inheritance of palmitic and stearic acid was studied in three inbred lines of maize. Results from single kernel oil analysis of the parents, F1, F2, BC1 and BC2 generations indicated that palmitic and stearic acid content is determined by one gene locus with a small number of alleles (possibly only two) with codominant interaction. This one gene hypothesis is confirmed by high heritability values, for both acids. Maternal effect on palmitic acid was established. No maternal effect on stearic acid was found.
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