Table 4.
Fatty acid composition between jatropha accessions from different regions
|
A. Fatty acid composition of seed oil (% of total fatty acids) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatty acids | Asia | Africa | South America | Central America |
| C16:0* |
14.8a |
15.0a |
15.4a |
13.6b |
| C16:1* |
0.7a |
0.7a |
0.7a |
0.6b |
| C18:0(ns) |
8.2 |
8.0 |
8.6 |
8.4 |
| C18:1* |
46.1a |
42.0a |
42.9a |
34.5b |
| C18:2* |
30.5a |
34.6a |
33.1a |
43.1b |
| C18:3(ns) |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| * = variation between accessions is statistically significant (p < 0.05). (ns) = no significant differences (p > 0.05). Differences between regions significant when denoted with different letters. | ||||
|
B. Coefficient of genetic variation (CV
g
, standard deviation of set of accessions divided by the mean, as%) of fatty acid contents | ||||
|
Fatty acids |
Asia |
Africa |
South America |
Central America |
| C16:0* |
4.4 |
6.7 |
10.4 |
4.3 |
| C16:1* |
11.1 |
8.2 |
14.5 |
5.6 |
| C18:0(ns) |
6.3 |
18.3 |
12.6 |
4.6 |
| C18:1* |
9.4 |
9.4 |
8.4 |
17.4 |
| C18:2* |
14.0 |
13.0 |
9.9 |
12.9 |
| C18:3(ns) |
6.4 |
4.0 |
8.4 |
0 |
|
C. Range of fatty acid contents (% of total fatty acids) | ||||
|
Fatty acids |
Asia |
Africa |
South America |
Central America |
| C16:0* |
12.4-17.5 |
13.1-16.9 |
10.5-17.1 |
11.3-16.6 |
| C16:1* |
0.5-1.1 |
0.6-0.9 |
0.4-1 |
0.4-0.9 |
| C18:0(ns) |
5.5-11.3 |
6.1-13.4 |
5.7-10.3 |
6.1-10.4 |
| C18:1* |
31.0-53.8 |
34.2-52.1 |
35.9-49.5 |
24.1-50.7 |
| C18:2* |
22.0-43.3 |
24-43.3 |
29.3-40.1 |
25.2-52 |
| C18:3(ns) |
0.1-0.2 |
0.1-0.3 |
0.1-0.2 |
0.1-0.2 |
| * = variation between accessions is statistically significant (p < 0.05). (ns) = no significant differences (p > 0.05). Differences between means of regions are significant when denoted with different letters (Table 4A). | ||||
A. Fatty acid percentage. B. Coefficient of variation of the fatty acid between regions. C. Fatty acids range (Maximum and Minimum values) in different regions.