Fatty acid characterization of sunflower breeding materials at the IFVC

Abstract

Sunflower is an important oilseed crop which is one of the least diverse species of the genus Helianthus. It is the fourth largest oilseed crop worldwide after the oil palm, soybean and rapeseed. Sunflower breeding involves development of breeding lines suitable for hybrid breeding, diseases, abiotic stress and herbicide resistance. The objective of this study was to assay the fatty acid composition of oils obtained from twenty one inbred lines from breeding materials of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad cultivated on the experimental field at Rimski šančevi. Oil samples were obtained by pressing seeds in hydraulic press. Fatty acid composition was determined by gas chromatography (Konik HRGC 4000) coupled with a flame ionizing detector, after derivatization to their volatile methyl esters (FAME).