Environmental effect on sunflower oil quality

Autor: Amadeu Regitano Neto, Ana Maria Rauen de Oliveira Miguel, Anna Lúcia Mourad, Ercília Aparecida Henriques, Rosa Maria Vercelino Alves
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, Vol 16, Iss 3, Pp 197-204 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1984-7033
1518-7853
DOI: 10.1590/1984-70332016v16n3a30
Popis: Sunflower is one of the most important oilseed crops and produces a high-quality edible oil. Balance of fatty acids in standard sunflower oil shows preponderance of linoleic rather than oleic acid, and conditions during seed development, such as temperature, changes the oleic/linoleic ratio of the oil. This work aimed to evaluate the environmental effect on fatty acid profile in a group of standard and high oleic varieties and hybrids. Seeds were produced during regular season crop and during off-season crop featuring different temperatures from anthesis to maturity. Fatty acid composition was determined by gas chromatography. Levels of oleic acid, in standard oil genotypes, raised as the crop developed in warmer environment while levels of linoleic acid decreased, and the opposite was observed when the crop was grown under lower temperature. High oleic genotypes were less sensitive to environment switching and showed lower variation on fatty acid composition.
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