Pure line selection for improved yield, oil content and different fatty acid composition of sesame, Sesamum indicum |
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| Authors: | H Baydar R Marquard I Turgut |
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| Institution: | Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, Isparta, Turkey;Justus Liebig University, Institute of Plant Science and Plant Breeding I, D-35390 Giessen, Germany;Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, Aydin, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | The aims of this study were estimation of the variability of seed yield, oil content, oleic acid and linoleic acid content in single plant progenies and lines derived from Turkish sesame populations, and the improvement of different type lines with regard to high seed yield, high oil content and specific fatty acid composition. Different types of lines were developed—i.e. lines which yielded over 1000 kg seeds/ha from the yield type progenies and lines which yielded over 63% of oil content from oil type progenies—but it was not possible to improve lines where fatty acid composition differed dramatically from that of oleic and linoleic type progenies. |
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| Keywords: | Sesamum indicum fatty acids line selection oil content protein tocopherol Turkish populations |
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