Effect of different locations on chemical composition and fatty acids in the seeds of eight flax cultivars [electronic resource].

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This study was conducted at the experimental station farm in Giza and Gemmiza during 1995/1996 and 1996/1997 seasons to study the effect of two different locations (Giza and Gemmiza) on chemical composition and saturated as well as unsaturated fatty acids content in the oil extracted from the seeds of eight flax cultivars, (Giza7, Giza8, Belinka, Fiking, Ariama, Born bay, Coffwar and Gohwar), two of these cultivars were local (Giza 7 and Giza 8) and the rest were imported cultivars. The seeds from the two seasons were mixed together when making the chemical analysis used in this stud)'. The result revealed that the oil percent differed according to cultivars and linolenic acid, (18:3) was the major unsaturated fatty acid in linseed oil. The highest content of (18:3) was found in cultivars Giza7 (55.57) regarding the Giza location and in cultivars Giza7 (55.66) regarding the Gemmiza location. Meanwhile, the lowest content was found in cultivars Belinka (51.67) and Fiking (50.83) in Giza and Gemmiza locations, respectively. The differences were due to differences in cultivars not differences in location.

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