18.10.2014 Views

Book with abstracts from the COST Action 0905 meeting in ... - UMB

Book with abstracts from the COST Action 0905 meeting in ... - UMB

Book with abstracts from the COST Action 0905 meeting in ... - UMB

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

VI. SIMULTANEOUS BIOFORTIFICATION OF Zn AND Fe IN<br />

Triticum aestivum L. – SEED FATTY ACIDS COMPOSITION<br />

Paula Scotti-Campos 1 , Isabel P. Pais 1 ,José Cochicho Ramalho 2 , António Eduardo Leitão 2 , Ana<br />

Sofia Almeida 1 , Benv<strong>in</strong>do Maçãs 1 , José Prates Cout<strong>in</strong>ho 1 , Maria Manuela da Silva 3 , Maria Paula<br />

Duarte 4 , Ana L. Fernando 4 , Ana Isabel Ribeiro 2 , Luís F. Goulão 2 , Fernanda Simões 1 , Ana Rita<br />

Costa 1 , José Matos 1 , Fernando H. Reboredo 4 , Fernando Cebola Lidon 4<br />

1 Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, Estrada de Gil Vaz, Apartado 6, 7350-<br />

591Elvas / Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, 22 Ed. 5, 1649-038 Lisboa / URGEMP, Qu<strong>in</strong>ta do<br />

Marquês, 2784-505, Oeiras, Portugal.<br />

2 Centro de Ecofisiologia, Bioquímica e Biotecnologia Vegetal, Instituto de Investigação<br />

Científica Tropical, Qu<strong>in</strong>ta do Marquês, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal.<br />

3 ESE Almeida Garrett, Grupo Universidade Lusófona, COFAC, Palácio de Santa Helena,<br />

Largo do Sequeira, nº 7, Lisboa, Portugal<br />

4 DCTB, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Qu<strong>in</strong>ta da<br />

Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.<br />

Keywords: Fatty acids composition <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> seeds, Triticum biofortification<br />

Certified seeds of Triticum aestivum L. cv Nabão (0Ts) were grown <strong>in</strong> walk-<strong>in</strong> growth<br />

chamber (EHHF10000, Aralab, Portugal), under environmental controlled conditions (80%<br />

RH; 24/20ºC day/night temperatures; PPFD of ca 700 µmol m -2 s -1 , 12 h photoperiod), <strong>in</strong><br />

pots irrigated <strong>with</strong> a standard solution (1Ts), dur<strong>in</strong>g 1 month follow<strong>in</strong>g germ<strong>in</strong>ation.<br />

Thereafter, until <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> reproductive phase, half of <strong>the</strong> pots kept <strong>the</strong> same irrigation<br />

solution (1Ts), but <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs were submitted to a five fold concentration of all nutrients<br />

(1T5s). The seeds 1T5s were grown aga<strong>in</strong> under <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>itial standard solution of nutrients<br />

(2Ts) and to 5, 7 and 10 times higher concentration of all <strong>the</strong> nutrients (2T5s, 2T7s and<br />

2T10s). It was found that, relatively to 0Ts, <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> seeds of 2Ts, 2T5s, 2T7s and 2T10s, Zn<br />

concentration <strong>in</strong>creased about 9.92, 8.87, 4.73 and 9.00 fold, whereas Fe augmented 3.91,<br />

4.95, 5.10 and 8.98 times. The accumulation of fatty acids was studied <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> seeds, be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

found that <strong>the</strong> pattern <strong>in</strong> all treatments was: C18:2>C16:0>18:1c+t>C18:3>C18:0. For all<br />

treatments <strong>the</strong> amounts of C20:1, C14:1, C10:0, C12:0, C13:0, C14:0, C20:0, C16:1c+t,<br />

C20:2, C15:0 and C22:0 <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> seeds rema<strong>in</strong>ed bellow 2%. The highest percentage of: 1)<br />

C18:1c+t, C18:2 and C20:1 was found <strong>in</strong> 0Ts; 2) C16:0, was detected <strong>in</strong> 2Ts; 3) C12:0,<br />

C13:0, C14:0, C14:1, C15:0, C16:1c+t and C22:0 was obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>with</strong> 2T7s; 4) C18:0,<br />

C18:3, C10:0, C20:0 and C20:2 prevailed <strong>in</strong> 2T10s. Moreover, <strong>in</strong> 2T5s none of <strong>the</strong> fatty<br />

acids displayed <strong>the</strong> highest amounts. Similar total fatty acids amounts were observed <strong>in</strong><br />

0Ts, 2T5s, 2T7s and 2Ts, contrarily to 2T10s which presented significantly lower values,<br />

As regards <strong>the</strong> double bound <strong>in</strong>dex, <strong>the</strong> highest values (ca. 7.40) were observed for 0Ts<br />

while <strong>the</strong> rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g treatments (2Ts, 2T5s, 2T7s and 2T10s) presented lower values (ca.<br />

5,18-6,42). The results suggest that at a nutritional level, 2T5s is <strong>the</strong> best option for<br />

simultaneous biofortification of Zn and Fe, s<strong>in</strong>ce it shows balanced amounts of <strong>the</strong>se<br />

micronutrients associated to unaltered total fatty acids.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!