Distribution of Fatty Acids in A Seedling Almond Population and Their Mutual Relationships

Abstract

This paper deals with determining kernel fatty acid contents based

on oil distribution in a seedling almond population consist of 90 seedling

trees from Turkey and mutual relationships among fatty acids. Almond

population was divided into three groups based on the range of fat contents.

Genotypes averagely contained 6.70 % palmitic acid, 0.57 % palmitoleic

acid, 1.78 % stearic acid, 72.83 % oleic acid, 18.03 % linoleic acid,

0.15 % linolenic acid and 0.39 % myristic acid. In addition, they had

91.58 % unsaturated fatty acid content, 8.87 % saturated fatty acid content

and 10.32 unsaturated/saturated ratio. Findings of this study indicate

that contents of oleic and linoleic acids were influenced by the range of

oil in the seedling population.