Table I. Total FA and FA compositions in NT and tt16 RNAi plants.
Asterisks denote significant differences (*P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01) between transgenic and NT plants by t test. The data are means ± se corresponding to three independent experiments.
| FA | Composition of Fatty Acids |
|
|---|---|---|
| NT Plant | RNAi Plant | |
| % | ||
| 16:0 | 4.4 ± 0.0 | 7.6 ± 0.0** |
| 16:1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.4 ± 0.0** |
| 18:0 | 2.8 ± 0.1 | 4.9 ± 0.2** |
| 18:1 | 73.4 ± 0.2 | 60.1 ± 0.1** |
| 18:2 | 11.8 ± 0.0 | 19.4 ± 0.3** |
| 18:3 | 4.9 ± 0.0 | 4.6 ± 0.1* |
| 20:0 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 1.3 ± 0.0* |
| 20:1 | 0.8 ± 0.0 | 0.3 ± 0.1** |
| 22:0 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 1.3 ± 0.1** |
| Total FA (mg g−1) | 413.0 ± 4.4 | 261.7 ± 6.2** |
| Total FA (mg seed−1) | 1.9 ± 0.0 | 0.9 ± 0.0** |