The effect of the r a and r b loci on the lipid content of the seed of Pisum sativum (original) (raw)

Summary

The lipid content of seed from a set of isogenic lines for the R a : r a locus has been determined; the results show that this locus as well as affecting the starch, sugar and storage protein content and composition, also has a marked effect on the lipid content of the seed. Genotypes having different combinations of alleles at the r a and r b loci have also been examined; an r a r a r b r b , genotype had 5.57% purified total lipid in its seed — a more than 2-fold increase over that found in the round-seeded varieties (R a R a R b R b ) usually grown for the dry sed crop.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Subscribe and save

Buy Now

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

Literature

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Food Research Institute, Colney Lane, Norwich, England
    D. T. Coxon
  2. John Innes Institute, Colney Lane, Norwich, England
    D. R. Davies

Authors

  1. D. T. Coxon
  2. D. R. Davies

Additional information

Communicated by R. Riley

Rights and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Coxon, D.T., Davies, D.R. The effect of the r a and r b loci on the lipid content of the seed of Pisum sativum.Theoret. Appl. Genetics 64, 47–50 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00303649

Download citation

Key words