Orychophragmus violaceus, a Potential Edible‐oil Crop

摘要

AbstractOrychophragmus violaceus, a member of the Cruciferae family, has been found to have a high oil quality with high contents of palmitic (14.3 ) and oleic (20.3 ) acids, and lower contents of linolenic (4.8 ) and erucic (0.9 ) acids. Plants ofO. violaceusexhibit a high number of branches, pods per plant, and seeds per pod, which contributes to the high yield potential of this plant. Individual selection was made in the original population ofO. violaceus, and a few early, disease‐tolerant and high‐yielding lines were obtained. Intergeneric hybridization was performed betweenB. napusandO. violaceusand several hybrid plants (F1) were obtained. After treatment with colchicine, amphidiploid plants developed.O. violaceusshows great potential for becoming an edible oil crop or being used as genetic material in a rapeseed breeding progra