The Impact of Crop Management Regime on Oil Content and Fatty Acid Composition in Hulless and Covered Spring Barley
Agronomy Research 2022
Linda Legzdiņa, Elga Ivdre, D Pliksere, A Vaivode, Inese Mieriņa, Māra Jure

Lipids are a minor nutritional component of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) grain and have not been as widely explored as the major components. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of genotype and environment, including conventional farming system with three crop management regimes, differing in agrochemical input, and organic farming system, on oil content and fatty acid composition in grain of two covered and four hulless spring barley genotypes during two growing seasons. Genotype significantly affected oil content and it was on average 4.26% and ranged in individual barley samples from 2.87 to 5.53%. We found linoleic, oleic, palmitic, α-linolenic, stearic and capric fatty acids in average proportions of 55.6; 21.3; 18.6; 3.7; 0.6 and 0.4%, respectively. Higher average oil content and proportion of α-linolenic acid was found in covered barley. Crop management regime did not significantly affect oil content but had some effect on the proportion of linoleic, α-linolenic, oleic and stearic acid. Decrease of chemical inputs was in favour of oil content and proportion of α-linolenic, oleic and stearic acids but did not promote linoleic acid. Waxy hulless barley line with high oil content and a very high proportion of linoleic acid was identified.


Keywords
conventional farming | different input of agrochemicals | free lipids | genotype and environment effects | organic farming
DOI
10.15159/AR.22.009
Hyperlink
https://dspace.emu.ee/handle/10492/7245

Legzdiņa, L., Ivdre, E., Pliksere, D., Vaivode, A., Mieriņa, I., Jure, M. The Impact of Crop Management Regime on Oil Content and Fatty Acid Composition in Hulless and Covered Spring Barley. Agronomy Research, 2022, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp.215-228. ISSN 1406-894X. Available from: doi:10.15159/AR.22.009

Publication language
English (en)
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