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Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants pp 55–67Cite as

Variability Of Fruit And Seed-Oil Characteristics In Tunisian Accessions Of The Halophyte Cakile Maritima (Brassicaceae)

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Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science ((TAVS,volume 40))

The annual coastal halophyte Cakile maritima shows considerable ecological and economic importance. This study describes the variability of the fruit characteristics in twelve accessions of this species, harvested along the Tunisian littoral. Depending on the plant-sampling site, seed-oil contents ranged from 25% to 39% on the seed fresh weight basis. Reserve lipids (Triacylglycerols) represented 80% to 97% of the total lipids, and erucic acid, was the major fatty acid (25% to 35% of the total fatty acids). Fruit morphology and ion status within stems, siliques, and seeds exhibited great fluctuation. Cakile maritima seems to protect its reproductive organs from the salt harmful accumulation.

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  1. Laboratoire d'Adaptation des Plantes aux Contraintes Abiotiques, INRST, BP 95, Hammam-Lif, 2050, Tunisia

    Mohamed Ali Ghars & Almed Debez

  2. Laboratoire de Caractérisation et de la Qualité de l'Huile d'Olive, INRST, BP 95, Hammam-Lif, 2050, Tunisia

    Abderrazzak Smaoui, Moktar Zarrouk & Chedly Abdelly

  3. B&PMP, Agro-M INRA, CEDEX 1, Montpellier, 34060, France

    Claude Grignon & Chedly Abdelly

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Ghars, M.A., Debez, A., Smaoui, A., Zarrouk, M., Grignon, C., Abdelly, C. (2008). Variability Of Fruit And Seed-Oil Characteristics In Tunisian Accessions Of The Halophyte Cakile Maritima (Brassicaceae). In: Khan, M.A., Weber, D.J. (eds) Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4018-0_4

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