Date of Award
January 2016
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Agronomy
First Advisor
Karen Hudson
Second Advisor
Katy Rainey
Committee Member 1
David Rhodes
Abstract
Stearic acid is one of the five major fatty acids produced in soybean. It is an 18 carbon fully saturated lipid and is known for neutral or positive effects on LDL cholesterol when consumed by humans. Unfortunately, stearic acid only accounts for about 4% of the total seed oil produced in commodity soybean. Previous work has shown that stearic acid can reach levels as high as 28% of the total oil fraction when SACPD-C, the gene responsible for most of the stearic acid variation in soybean seed, is knocked out. In order to increase stearic acid content and create soybeans with improved utility based on fatty acid composition, we combined SACPD-C mutations with other mutations in the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway. When combined, double mutant progeny carrying mutant alleles of SACPD-C and FAD2-1A do not have elevated levels of oleic acid. However, sacpdc fad3 double mutants have statistically significantly elevated levels of stearic acid and statistically significantly lower linolenic acid.
Recommended Citation
Gaskin, Erik Lewis, "COMBINATIONS OF MUTATIONS WITHIN PATHWAY PROVIDE FOR COMBINED TRAIT PHENOTYPES IN LINES WITH SACPD MUTATIONS IN SOYBEAN" (2016). Open Access Theses. 1115.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/1115