Lipid contents and fatty acid compositions of some soybean varieties and lines

The seeds of some soybean genotypes were obtained from the Directorate of Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute in Adana/T & uuml;rkiye were grown in 2022 on the Sivas Science and Technology University were investigated for their lipid contents and fatty acid compositions. The lipid contents of the soybean seeds were found to be between 13.1-20.9%. The seed lipids of different soybean genotypes contained linoleic, oleic, palmitic and linolenic acids as their major components. The seed lipids of the soybean lines contain more linoleic acid than the varieties, as the major unsaturated fatty acids, whereas in the seed lipids of Samsoy and Soyanam varieties and all lines except Line 12 contain palmitic acid as the main component of saturated fatty acids. In the study on soybean genotypes, palmitic acid was found in the major saturated fatty acids, instead linoleic oleic, and linolenic acids were found in major unsaturated fatty acids.