This paper is relevant to the impact areas in the following areas:
| Crops | Peanut |
| Traits | Fungal Resistance |
| Countries | US |
| Regions | North America |
| Tags | compositional equivalence, sclerotinia blight resistance |
This study presents the results of a comparison that includes an analysis of variance and a canonical discriminant analysis to determine compositional equivalence and similarity between transgenic, sclerotinia blight-resistant and non-transgenic, susceptible cultivars of peanut in 3 years of field trials. Three Virginia-type cultivars (NC 7, Wilson, and Perry) and their corresponding transgenic lines (N70, W73, and P39) with a barley oxalate oxidase gene were analyzed for differences in key mineral nutrients, fatty acid components, hay constituents, and grade characteristics. Results from both analyses demonstrated that transgenic lines were compositionally similar to their non-transgenic parent cultivar in all factors as well as market-grade characteristics and nutritional value. Transgenic lines expressing oxalate oxidase for resistance to sclerotinia blight were substantially equivalent to their non-transgenic parent cultivar in quality and compositional characteristics.
Assessment of Peanut Quality and Compositional Characteristics among Transgenic Sclerotinia Blight-Resistant and Non-Transgenic Susceptible Cultivars (held on an external server, and so may require additional authentication details)
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