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Total oil content and fatty acid composition of germ and endosperm oil were determined on grain from three inbred lines and one variety of corn (Zea mays L.) grown in four phytotron environments and one standard greenhouse environment during seed maturation. Pronounced differences occurred with reversals for relative percentages of oleic and linoleic acids of germ oil for one inbred line and for the variety. Comparative trends were generally less pronounced for two of the inbred lines. Differences among environments were less evident for palmitic, stearic, and linolenic acids of germ oil and for the fatty acids of the endosperm oil. Total oil was lowest for two inbred lines and the variety grown in the high temperature environment (30 C day/26 C night). The magnitude of temperature effects on oil content and oil composition varied among the four corn genotypes.
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Journal article 3961 of the North Carolina State University Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Thompson, D.L., Jellum, M.D. & Young, C.T. Effect of controlled temperature environments on oil content and on fatty acid composition of corn oil. J Am Oil Chem Soc 50, 540–542 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02640529
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02640529