Table II.
Fatty acid composition in embryos of B. napus cv Reston
| Fatty Acid | 20 DAF | 14 d in Culture | Greenhouse Grown
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Late cotyledon (26 DAF)a | Very late cotyledon (32 DAF)a | |||
| C16:0 | 10.2 | 6.3 ± 1.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| C18:0 | 9.5 | 1.8 ± 0.2 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| C18:1 | 42.8 | 15.3 ± 3.3 | 31.8 | 27.0 |
| C18:2 | 20.4 | 18.4 ± 2.1 | 24.0 | 17.8 |
| C18:3 | 8.7 | 14.2 ± 1.4 | 9.3 | 9.1 |
| C20:0 | 2.2 | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| C20:1 | 3.4 | 9.4 ± 1.0 | 11.9 | 12.2 |
| C22:0 | 0.7 | 1.1 ± 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| C22:1 | 2.2 | 32.4 ± 1.2 | 13.0 | 26.4 |
Fatty acid content is given as percent of total fatty acids (w/w, mean ± sd). Early cotyledon embryos (20 d after flowering [DAF]) of B. napus were grown for 14 d in the Suc/amino acid/malate (SMA) medium.
a
The values are compared with those given by Pomeroy et al. (1991) for greenhouse-grown plants.