Plant morphology

About: Plant morphology is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1174 publications have been published within this topic receiving 24418 citations. The topic is also known as: phytomorphology & morphology of higher plants.

Fatty acid composition of Matthiola longipetala ssp. Bicornis from Turkey.

Abstract: The fatty acid composition and morphological characteristics of Matthiola longipetala ssp. bicornis was studied. Wild Matthiola plants and seeds were collected from its native areas in Turkey. The native plants were cultivated in two different sowing times (autumn sowing & late winter sowing) and some morphological characters and seed oil composition were measured. Plant height, number of siliqua, siliqua length, seed yield, thousand seeds weight and seed length values were found to be the highest in autumn sowings. The quantative analysis of seed oil of cultures and wild plants were compared and oil ratio were obtained as 21, 11 and 11% in autumn sowing, late winter sowing cultures and native plants respectively. γ-linolenic acid was found as main component at all Matthiola plants. The ratio of γ-linolenic acid was obtained 65.6, 63.0 and 62.6% in autumn sowing, late winter sowing and wild plants, respectively. The other main constituents of the all oils were obtained as oleic and linoleic acids. The ratios of oleic and linoleic acids were obtained 11.04% and 10.70% in autumn sowing, 13.18% and 11.53% in late winter sowing, 12.46% and 11.01% in wild plants, respectively. © 2011 Friends Science Publishers