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Temperature-related non-homogeneous fatty acid desaturation in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seeds.
Planta - 1 Mar 2003
Fernández-Moya Valle, Martínez-Force Enrique, Garcés Rafael
Abstract excerpt
The fatty acid compositions of half-seeds and whole seeds of the temperature-dependent high-stearic-acid sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) mutant CAS-14 were unexpectedly different. We found that there is a longitudinal gradient starting from the embryo up to the end of the cotyledon. The stearic acid content varied from 9.7 to 34.6% in seeds produced in a growth chamber (39/24 degrees C; day/night), and from 14.0...
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