MATERNAL EFFECTS ON THE OLEIC, LINOLEIC, AND LINOLENIC ACID CONTENT OF RAPESEED OIL
The oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acid content of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) oil was investigated in self- and cross-pollinated seed on parental lines and reciprocal F1 populations. The seed was derived from three strains of rapeseed that produce seed oil practically free of eicosenoic and erucic acids. A definite maternal genotype effect on the oleic and linoleic acid content of the cross-pollinated embryo was evident in two of three combinations. Embryo control for the quantities of these two fatty acids was indicated for the third combination. Both embryo and maternal genotype control of linolenic acid content was indicated. There were no cytoplasmic effects evident in the reciprocal F1 populations for any fatty acid in all three combinations.