The peanut variety Huayu 20, which is bred by the Shandong Peanut Institute, produces small pods and has been used as a major variety (Cui 2014). The oil content of Huayu 20 isabout 49.5%. In the current study, each of the 15 regenerated plants produced offspring with oil content>55%.
Is a high oil content a target for peanut breeding?
The oil content>55% is considered high (Jia 2010) in peanut varieties, anda high oil content is a major target of peanut breeding (Yu 2011). Such breeding is hampered, however, by the lack of germplasm resources with high oil content (Yu 2008).
Can peanut improvement programs increase oil yield?
Previous peanut improvement programs could target increase in oil yield only through increased pod yield, and oil content could not be targeted, in part, because of difficulties or inadequate facilities for phenotyping oil content.
Is Yuhua 5 a high oleic peanut?
Tocopherol, phytosterol and phospholipid compositions of new high oleic peanut cultivars Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 19 ( 2006), pp. 601 – 605 Breeding of peanut ( Arachis hypogaea) variety Yuhua 5 with early maturing, lodging-resistant and suitable for mechanized harvesting traits
