GREEN SEED COAT COLOUR RETENTION IN LENTIL - University ...

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1 The Acurum ® machine at the Pulse Field Lab....................................... 10
Figure 2.2 Relationship between cotyledon moisture content and cotyledon
chlorophyll content in the rapeseed cultivar Stellar during ripening (Ward et
al., 1995). ........................................................................................................ 16
Figure 4.1 Histogram of the mean index scores for the RILs used in the heritability
study for green seed coat colour differences in lentil for 2005 and 2006 at
Elrose, SPG, and Sutherland. Arrow denotes where the more desirable parent,
1294M-23, would lie in the histogram............................................................ 40
Figure 4.2 Regression between the mean field index score of SPG, Sutherland, and
Elrose during 2005 and 2006 and the phytotron index score for all RILs in the
green seed coat colour differences study of lentil........................................... 45
Figure 4.3 Regression between mean green index score and mean total seed coat
chlorophyll content (mg/g) for 21 green lentil genotypes grown at either SPG,
Sutherland, or Elrose in 2006.......................................................................... 56
Figure 4.4 Regression between mean green index score and mean seed coat
chlorophyll a content (mg/g) for 21 green lentil genotypes grown at either
SPG, Sutherland, or Elrose in 2006. ............................................................... 56
Figure 4.5 Regression between mean green index score and mean seed coat
chlorophyll b content (mg/g) for 21 green lentil genotypes grown at either
SPG, Sutherland, or Elrose in 2006. ............................................................... 57
Figure 5.1 Mean green index score of green lentil seed coats for the 15 genotypes
used in the preharvest treatment study in 2005. Error bars represent LSD (a =
0.05). ............................................................................................................... 70
Figure 5.2 Mean green index score of green lentil seed coats for the 15 genotypes
used in the preharvest treatment study in 2006. Error bars represent LSD (a =
0.05). ............................................................................................................... 70
Figure 5.3 Regression of the maturity rating at the time of swathing and
desiccation and mean green index score during 2005 for the preharvest
treatment study................................................................................................ 74
Figure 5.4 Regression of the maturity rating at the time of swathing and
desiccation and mean green index score during 2006 for the preharvest
treatment study................................................................................................ 74
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