Genetic Factors Influencing High Oleic Acid Content in Spanish Market-Type Peanut Cultivars

Lopez, Y. and Smith, O.D. and Senseman, S.A. and Rooney, W.L. (2001) Genetic Factors Influencing High Oleic Acid Content in Spanish Market-Type Peanut Cultivars. Crop Science, 41 (1). pp. 51-56.

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Abstract

Increasing the ratio of oleic to linoleic acid (O/L) in peanut [groundnut] (Arachis hypogaea) significantly improves the nutritional and quality attributes of the crop. In currently grown cultivars, the O/L ratio ranges from 0.8 to 2.5. Variation in peanut for O/L ratio has been characterized, and the O/L ratio is digenically inherited at two loci designated as Ol1 and Ol2. Previous research has been conducted with Virginia and runner-type peanut; however, there have been no reports regarding the inheritance and allele frequency at these loci in Spanish-type peanut. The objectives of this study were to determine if the inheritance of the high oleate trait in Spanish-type peanut is similar to that previously reported and to determine the allelic composition of Spanish-type peanut at Ol1 and Ol2. Six different Spanish-type peanut cultivars (low oleate) were hybridized with F435-2 - 2 (high oleate). F2 and BC1F1 progenies were evaluated for the O/L ratio. Segregation patterns indicated that high oleic acid content is digenically inherited in Spanish-type peanut, but there seems to be more allelic variation both within and among these cultivars. In addition, variation within the high and low oleate ratio classes indicated that other factors may be involved in determining the precise O/L ratio.

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Additional Information: The authors thank Metinee Srivatanakul and Piyawit Bur-eekharm for their dedication and carefulness preparing hun-dreds of individual seed for oil analysis, Mary L. Ketchershid,for technical support and guidance in managing the gas chro-matography, Michael R. Baring for his assistance planting andharvesting the plant material, Wendy M. Lacken and MiltonMcDaniel, for technical help and reviewing of the manuscript.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Spanish Peanut Cultivars, Oleic Acid Content, Germplasm development
Author Affiliation: Dep. of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2474, USA.
Subjects: Plant Production
Crop Improvement
Divisions: Groundnut
Depositing User: Mr Arbind Seth
Date Deposited: 13 Oct 2012 09:16
Last Modified: 13 Oct 2012 09:16
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2001.41151x
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/8377

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