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Development of a Visual Method to Quantify the Gossypol Content in Cotton Seeds

^a Unité de Phytotechnie tropicale et d'Horticulture, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, 2 Passage des Déportés, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
^b Unité de Chimie générale et organique, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, 2 Passage des Déportés, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
^c Unité de Statistique et Informatique, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, 2 Passage des Déportés, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium

View larger version (36K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Protocol of seed-by-seed gossypol analysis.

View larger version (98K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Distribution of gossypol glands on the seed sections. (a) G. hirsutum, (b) G. raimondii, (c) seed BC3, and (d) seed BC2S1. The arrows indicate gossypol glands.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Variation of the mean estimated seed gossypol content of the evaluated genotypes. Genotypes are as follows: 1 = G. hirsutum, 2 = G. thurberi, 3 = BC2S1/09, 4 = BC3/09, 5 = BC3/13, 6 = BC2S1/14,7 = 2(G. australe x G. davidsonii), 8 = 2(G. thurberi x G. sturtianum), 9 = 2(G.arboreum x G. sturtianum), 10 = 2(G. hirsutum x G. sturtianum), 11 = G. raimondii.