TY  - JA
AU  - Weber,E.J.
AU  - Alexander,D.E.
TI  - Breeding for lipid composition in corn
SN  - 0003-021X
PY  - 1975///
CY  - United States of America
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, American Oil Chemists' Society
KW  - Breeding
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Lipids
KW  - Genetic diversity (resource)
KW  - Zea mays
KW  - Yields
KW  - Hybrids
KW  - Linoleic acid
KW  - Fatty acids
KW  - Maize oil
N2  - Large genetic diversity is available in corn (Zea mays L.) for alteration of its lipid composition. Mass selection has produced strains ranging from 0.4–17% oil with genetic variability still existing in the high oil version. High oil hybrids (7–8% oil) with yields equal to those of commercial hybrids (4% oil) have recently been developed. In feeding trials at the University of Minnesota, pigs made more efficient gains on high oil corn. Oleic and linoleic acids usually make up 80–90% of the fatty acids of corn oil. Screening of corn lines has revealed a range for linoleic acid of 25–71% and for oleic acid of 20–60%. Although the genetics of fatty acid synthesis have not been completely elucidated, breeding of corn with selected unsaturation should be possible. Fatty acid placement within the triglyceride molecule also may be subject to genetic modification in corn
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02639199
T2  - Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society
ER  -