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Phenotypic variation in fruit and seed characteristics of buffalo gourd

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Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society

Abstract

Eighty-five accessions of Buffalo gourd,Cucurbita foetidissima HBK., were assayed for variation in seven fruit and seed characteristics: fruit diameter (−x = 65 mm); seed weight per 100 seeds (−x = 3.8 g); seed weight per fruit (−x = 8.4 g); seed number per fruit (−x = 225); percentage embryo in seed (−x = 67.3%); percent crude fat of whole seed (−x = 32.9%); and percent crude protein of defatted embryo (−x = 69.5%). The variation in amino acid distribution (12) accessions) and in oil composition (15 accessions) was obtained. Relationships among traits were explored. Agronomic improvement through breeding was also discussed.

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  1. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, Arizona

    J. C. Scheerens & W. P. Bemis

  2. Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, Arizona

    M. L. Dreher & J. W. Berry

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  1. J. C. Scheerens
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  2. W. P. Bemis
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Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station No. 2805.

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Scheerens, J.C., Bemis, W.P., Dreher, M.L. et al. Phenotypic variation in fruit and seed characteristics of buffalo gourd. J Am Oil Chem Soc 55, 523–525 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02668061

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