Analysis and evaluation of seed kernel oil content and fatty acid
components of Acer truncatum in Central China
Abstract
In order to screen out the high-oil Acer truncatum germplasm
resources so as to improve the yield and value of seed oil, this
experiment was carried out by analyzing and evaluating a total of 70
samples from natural populations of A. truncatum in nine Central
Plains of China, the results were subjected to nested ANOVA and
correlation analyses, as well as a comprehensive evaluation of the
various groups using principal component analysis and the affiliation
function method. The findings demonstrated that the 70 samples ranged in
seed kernel oil content from 14.43% to 50.11% (average 33.11%), and
that the major fatty acid fractions had coefficients of variation that
ranged from 24.13% to 33.40%, with differences between them being
significant. According to correlation analysis, latitude, temperature,
and precipitation had a greater impact on the seed kernel oil content
than they did on the relative content of fatty acid fractions. Altitude,
temperature, and precipitation were the primary causes of changes in the
content of fatty acid fractions. The principal component analysis
reduced the nine indexes to two principal components with a cumulative
contribution rate of 84.29%, and ranked them according to the
comprehensive evaluation value obtained from the principal component
analysis and the transformation of the affiliation function. The
analysis screened out the ten germplasm samples with the highest
comprehensive quality and the three samples with the highest
comprehensive evaluation value.