Comparison of fatty acid composition in seed kernels of tea plant (Camellia sinensis), between conventional cultivars and albino cultivars

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Table 1. Samples information

Section	Variety	Cultivar	Abbreviation	Annotations
Sect. Thea	sinensis	Longjing Changye	LJCY	Conventional fine cultivars with strong cold resistance and high yield
		Jingfeng	JF
		Baihaozao	BHZ
		Wuniuzao	WNZ
		Fuding Dabaicha	FD DBC
		TRI-19	TRI-19	Newly bred conventional cultivars
		Niaowang 106	NW106
		Yixuan 1	YX No.1
		Laoshan 3	LS No.3
		Yuezaoxiang	YZX
		Anji Baicha	AJBC	Albino cultivar, with white tender shoots in early spring
		Suyuhuang	SYH	Albino cultivar, with yellow tender shoots in early spring
		Zhonghuang 1	ZH No.1
		Zhonghuang 2	ZH No.2
	assamica	Menghai Dayezhong	MH DYZ	Related Camellia species for comparison
Sect. Oleifera		Changlin 4	CL No.4
		Changlin 27	CL No.27

Table 2. The kernel rates of seeds and oil contents of seed kernels from 17 Camellia cultivars

Section	Variety	Cultivar	Kernel rate of seed (% db)	Crude fat of seed kernel (% db)
Sect. Thea	sinensis	LJCY	57.00 ± 0.92^ab	24.43 ± 2.47^b
		JF	60.35 ± 1.01^a	32.13 ± 5.08^b
		BHZ	62.65 ± 0.36^a	30.73 ± 1.42^b
		WNZ	62.87 ± 0.90^a	33.40 ± 0.68^b
		FD DBC	40.89 ± 9.97^b	29.63 ± 0.68^b
		TRI 19	46.66 ± 5.45^ab	25.33 ± 3.84^b
		NW 106	51.91 ± 3.31^ab	26.87 ± 3.59^b
		YX No.1	50.46 ± 2.12^ab	28.27 ± 0.64^b
		LS No.3	54.16 ± 1.26^ab	20.63 ± 2.25^b
		YZX	58.09 ± 1.43^a	28.67 ± 2.24^b
		AJBC	61.21 ± 0.65^a	29.13 ± 3.22^b
		SYH	56.26 ± 4.16^ab	25.10 ± 2.35^b
		ZH No.1	58.91 ± 1.73^a	31.03 ± 1.82^b
		ZH No.2	53.92 ± 1.94^ab	28.20 ± 0.52^b
	assamica	MH DYZ	62.84 ± 1.05^a	20.17 ± 2.22^b
Sect. Oleifera		CL No.4	60.28 ± 0.71^a	48.90 ± 1.65^a
		CL No.27	61.08 ± 3.38^a	52.50 ± 4.38^a

Annotations: LJCY, Longjing Changye; JF, Jingfeng; BHZ, Baihaozao; WNZ, Wuniuzao; FD DBC, Fuding Dabaicha; NW106, Niaowang 106; YX No.1, Yixuan 1; LS No.3, Laoshan 3; YZX, Yuezaoxiang; AJBC, Anji Baicha; SYH, Suyuhuang; ZH No.1, Zhonghuang 1; ZH No.2, Zhonghuang 2; MH DYZ, Menghai Dayezhong; CL No.4, Changlin 4; CL No.27, Changlin 27. value represent the means ± SE from triplicate experiments. In each column, different letters meant significant differences (P<0.05, Tukey’s honest significant difference (HSD) post-hoc test, n = 3). db = dry basis (g/g, %).

Table 3. The contents and composition of fatty acids in seed kernels of 17 Camellia cultivars

Fatty acid	Sect. Thea (%)
	LJCY	JF	BHZ	WNZ	FD DBC	TRI 19	NW106
Saturated fatty acid
C8:0	0.0143 ± 0.0058^a	0.0211 ± 0.0043^a	0.0214 ± 0.0029^a	0.0217 ± 0.0010^a	0.0229 ± 0.0015^a	0.0110 ± 0.0015^a	0.0106 ± 0.0020^a
C10:0	0.0095 ± 0.0019^a	0.0068 ± 0.0009^a	0.0077 ± 0.0014^a	0.0083 ± 0.0021^a	0.0099 ± 0.0024^a	0.0065 ± 0.0005^a	0.0037 ± 0.0002^a
C12:0	0.0071 ± 0.0018^a	0.0158 ± 0.0092^a	0.0086 ± 0.0015^a	0.0066 ± 0.0002^a	0.0095 ± 0.0020^a	0.0061 ± 0.0008^a	0.0304 ± 0.0130^a
C14:0	0.0368 ± 0.0130^a	0.0208 ± 0.0041^ab	0.0244 ± 0.0013^ab	0.0244 ± 0.0014^ab	0.0181 ± 0.0018^ab	0.0212 ± 0.0009^ab	0.0184 ± 0.0009^ab
C15:0	0.0049 ± 0.0014^a	0.0037 ± 0.0003^a	0.0048 ± 0.0012^a	0.0029 ± 0.0001^a	0.0035 ± 0.0010^a	0.0023 ± 0.0003^a	0.0025 ± 0.0003^a
C16:0	2.3660 ± 0.1569^b	3.6177 ± 0.4853^ab	3.6477 ± 0.1510^ab	3.9445 ± 0.1168^a	3.3132 ± 0.1750^ab	3.1289 ± 0.4171^ab	3.1096 ± 0.4044^ab
C17:0	0.0198 ± 0.0036^ab	0.0250 ± 0.0012^ab	0.0275 ± 0.0037^ab	0.0272 ± 0.0015^ab	0.0296 ± 0.0032^ab	0.0215 ± 0.0034^ab	0.0238 ± 0.0037^ab
C18:0	0.6303 ± 0.0516^abcd	0.7035 ± 0.0473^abcd	0.8285 ± 0.1690^ab	0.9498 ± 0.0161^a	0.7419 ± 0.0794^abc	0.6093 ± 0.0953^abcd	0.5841 ± 0.1150^abcd
C20:0	0.0229 ± 0.0032^a	0.0284 ± 0.0047^a	0.0302 ± 0.0075^a	0.0293 ± 0.0010^a	0.0282 ± 0.0046^a	0.0207 ± 0.0016^a	0.0223 ± 0.0026^a
C21:0	0.0288 ± 0.0057^bc	0.0315 ± 0.0023^bc	0.0406 ± 0.0075^bc	0.0300 ± 0.0006^bc	0.0412 ± 0.0034^bc	0.0249 ± 0.0016^c	0.0272 ± 0.0040^bc
C22:0	0.0133 ± 0.0006^a	0.0164 ± 0.0025^a	0.0172 ± 0.0040^a	0.0183 ± 0.0026^a	0.0151 ± 0.0033^a	0.0169 ± 0.0028^a	0.0187 ± 0.0054^a
C24:0	0.0264 ± 0.0047^b	0.0191 ± 0.0026^b	0.0195 ± 0.0017^b	0.0231 ± 0.0011^b	0.0180 ± 0.0031^b	0.0121 ± 0.0028^b	0.0167 ± 0.0029^b
Unsaturated fatty acid
C14:1^Δ9	0.0067 ± 0.0021^a	0.0112 ± 0.0079^a	0.0046 ± 0.0014^a	0.0029 ± 0.0003^a	0.0110 ± 0.0046^a	0.0026 ± 0.0005^a	0.0027 ± 0.0005^a
C16:1^Δ9	0.0202 ± 0.0020^b	0.0151 ± 0.0065^b	0.0230 ± 0.0026^ab	0.0231 ± 0.0009^ab	0.0196 ± 0.0018^b	0.0167 ± 0.0035^b	0.0168 ± 0.0024^b
C18:1^Δ9c	9.5315 ± 0.9218^d	13.242 ± 1.0008^cd	13.3330 ± 0.4093^cd	15.0670 ± 0.3974^c	12.1810 ± 0.3665^cd	10.7590 ± 1.2679^cd	11.1290 ± 1.2766^cd
C18:1^Δ9t	0.1069 ± 0.0095^cd	0.1602 ± 0.0176^bc	0.1681 ± 0.0035^bc	0.1750 ± 0.0031^bc	0.1102 ± 0.0134^cd	0.1072 ± 0.0213^cd	0.1234 ± 0.0157^cd
C18:2^Δ9,12	4.9364 ± 0.3259^bcd	6.7275 ± 0.7699^ab	7.1103 ± 0.2838^ab	7.8203 ± 0.1382^a	6.2083 ± 0.2283^abc	6.3393 ± 0.9523^abc	5.4830 ± 0.4038^abcd
C18:3^Δ9,12,15	0.0812 ± 0.0107^bcd	0.0863 ± 0.0103^bcd	0.0919 ± 0.0039^bcd	0.1216 ± 0.0157^bc	0.0872 ± 0.0116^bcd	0.0816 ± 0.0023^bcd	0.0760 ± 0.0023^cd
C20:1^Δ11	0.1188 ± 0.0201^ab	0.1596 ± 0.0207^ab	0.1586 ± 0.0147^ab	0.2149 ± 0.0040^a	0.1384 ± 0.0040^ab	0.1225 ± 0.0179^ab	0.1261 ± 0.0179^ab
C20:5^Δ5,8,11,14,17	0.0081 ± 0.0015^b	0.0156 ± 0.0037^ab	0.0129 ± 0.0031^ab	0.0153 ± 0.0029^ab	0.0123 ± 0.0005^ab	0.0085 ± 0.0005^b	0.0103 ± 0.0026^ab
C22:1^Δ13	0.0075 ± 0.0028^ef	0.0085 ± 0.0022^ef	0.0120 ± 0.0019^cdef	0.0110 ± 0.0027^def	0.0280 ± 0.0024^abcd	0.0000 ± 0.0000^f	0.0000 ± 0.0000^f
C24:1^Δ15	0.0200 ± 0.0026^ab	0.0217 ± 0.0062^ab	0.0146 ± 0.0023^ab	0.0141 ± 0.0029^ab	0.0242 ± 0.0008^ab	0.0094 ± 0.0012^b	0.0140 ± 0.0018^ab
Total fatty acid	18.0173 ± 1.4436^cd	24.9574 ± 2.3514^bcd	25.6076 ± 0.9163^bc	28.5514 ± 0.1763^b	22.5835 ± 2.6174^bcd	16.6343 ± 1.4925^d	21.3282 ± 2.7661^bcd
Fatty acid	Sect. Thea (%)
	LJCY	JF	BHZ	WNZ	FD DBC	TRI 19	NW106
Saturated fatty acid
C8:0	0.0284 ± 0.0033^a	0.0145 ± 0.0015^a	0.0175 ± 0.0032^a	0.0202 ± 0.0042^a	0.0058 ± 0.0013^a	0.0202 ± 0.0051^a	0.0218 ± 0.0009^a
C10:0	0.0139 ± 0.0020^a	0.0087 ± 0.0016^a	0.0111 ± 0.0016^a	0.0088 ± 0.0046^a	0.0078 ± 0.0019^a	0.0105 ± 0.0009^a	0.0088 ± 0.0010^a
C12:0	0.0280 ± 0.0219^a	0.0166 ± 0.0127^a	0.0068 ± 0.0007^a	0.0278 ± 0.0079^a	0.0061 ± 0.0016^a	0.0080 ± 0.0006^a	0.0089 ± 0.0004^a
C14:0	0.0279 ± 0.0010^ab	0.0155 ± 0.0011^b	0.0179 ± 0.0008^ab	0.0171 ± 0.0056^ab	0.0119 ± 0.0032^b	0.0196 ± 0.0008^ab	0.0247 ± 0.0023^ab
C15:0	0.0060 ± 0.0009^a	0.0025 ± 0.0008^a	0.0057 ± 0.0016^a	0.0038 ± 0.0013^a	0.0041 ± 0.0020^a	0.0075 ± 0.0046^a	0.0024 ± 0.0008^a
C16:0	3.3736 ± 0.1432^ab	2.4781 ± 0.2472^b	3.3455 ± 0.2696^ab	3.2652 ± 0.3870^ab	2.7818 ± 0.2576^ab	3.9400 ± 0.3379^a	3.4283 ± 0.0325^ab
C17:0	0.0303 ± 0.0050^ab	0.0151 ± 0.0026^b	0.0217 ± 0.0018^ab	0.0241 ± 0.0048^ab	0.0312 ± 0.0036^ab	0.0342 ± 0.0033^a	0.0212 ± 0.0011^ab
C18:0	0.4786 ± 0.0541^bcd	0.3731 ± 0.0746^cd	0.4139 ± 0.0237^cd	0.5805 ± 0.0932^abcd	0.6409 ± 0.0608^abcd	0.6985 ± 0.0883^abcd	0.3841 ± 0.0224^cd
C20:0	0.0300 ± 0.0054^a	0.0169 ± 0.0019^a	0.0314 ± 0.0065^a	0.0204 ± 0.0032^a	0.0226 ± 0.0190^a	0.0316 ± 0.0015^a	0.0257 ± 0.0030^a
C21:0	0.0417 ± 0.0027^bc	0.0202 ± 0.0024^c	0.0422 ± 0.0068^bc	0.0275 ± 0.0064^bc	0.0312 ± 0.0079^bc	0.0828 ± 0.0386^ab	0.0436 ± 0.0029^bc
C22:0	0.0177 ± 0.0015^a	0.0111 ± 0.0027^a	0.0181 ± 0.0034^a	0.0110 ± 0.0012^a	0.0143 ± 0.0003^a	0.0139 ± 0.0037^a	0.0132 ± 0.0013^a
C24:0	0.0138 ± 0.0047^b	0.0123 ± 0.0015^b	0.0245 ± 0.0088^b	0.0198 ± 0.0024^b	0.0158 ± 0.0042^b	0.0150 ± 0.0015^b	0.0190 ± 0.0036^b
Unsaturated fatty acid
C14:1^Δ9	0.0071 ± 0.0005^a	0.0021 ± 0.0002^a	0.0069 ± 0.0019^a	0.0052 ± 0.0017^a	0.0108 ± 0.0045^a	0.0084 ± 0.0014^a	0.0063 ± 0.0021^a
C16:1^Δ9	0.0143 ± 0.0038^b	0.0148 ± 0.0014^b	0.0193 ± 0.0015^b	0.0134 ± 0.0037^b	0.0191 ± 0.0005^b	0.0146 ± 0.0040^b	0.0239 ± 0.0005^ab
C18:1^Δ9c	12.6980 ± 0.5117^cd	9.1051 ± 0.8266^d	11.2990 ± 0.6492^cd	11.5660 ± 1.6560^cd	11.0710 ± 1.1133^cd	12.8320 ± 0.6328^cd	10.4700 ± 0.2810^cd
C18:1^Δ9t	0.1060 ± 0.0059^cd	0.1160 ± 0.0049^cd	0.1278 ± 0.0169^cd	0.1435 ± 0.0208^cd	0.1153 ± 0.0137^cd	0.1202 ± 0.0132^cd	0.1304 ± 0.0030^cd
C18:2^Δ9,12	6.1185 ± 0.0531^abc	4.2174 ± 0.4742^cde	6.4078 ± 0.6149^abc	6.5348 ± 0.6318^ab	5.4811 ± 0.5353^abcd	7.7231 ± 0.5240^a	7.2834 ± 0.1210^a
C18:3^Δ9,12,15	0.1015 ± 0.0059^bcd	0.0599 ± 0.0022^d	0.1249 ± 0.0176^b	0.0772 ± 0.0045^bcd	0.0800 ± 0.0066^bcd	0.1006 ± 0.0061^bcd	0.0888 ± 0.0031^bcd
C20:1^Δ11	0.1406 ± 0.0143^ab	0.1090 ± 0.0099^ab	0.1202 ± 0.0057^ab	0.1760 ± 0.0236^ab	0.1216 ± 0.0177^ab	0.1437 ± 0.0090^ab	0.1082 ± 0.0077^ab
C20:5^Δ5,8,11,14,17	0.0133 ± 0.0031^ab	0.0080 ± 0.0024^b	0.0118 ± 0.0020^ab	0.0124 ± 0.0024^ab	0.0156 ± 0.0030^ab	0.0209 ± 0.0064^ab	0.0135 ± 0.0016^ab
C22:1^Δ13	0.0316 ± 0.0043^ab	0.0057 ± 0.0007^ef	0.0295 ± 0.0042^abc	0.0108 ± 0.0009^def	0.0218 ± 0.0070^abcde	0.0378 ± 0.0087^a	0.0237 ± 0.0037^abcde
C24:1^Δ15	0.0201 ± 0.0034^ab	0.0115 ± 0.0034^ab	0.0229 ± 0.0081^ab	0.0183 ± 0.0056^ab	0.0160 ± 0.0032^ab	0.0178 ± 0.0042^ab	0.0265 ± 0.0033^ab
Total fatty acid	20.8492 ± 2.1872^bcd	23.3464 ± 0.6636^bcd	22.1767 ± 0.3838^bcd	23.0710 ± 0.3902^bcd	25.9010 ± 1.6000^bc	22.1267 ± 1.5392^bcd	20.5254 ± 1.9880^bcd
Fatty acid		Sect. Oleifera (%)
		MH DYZ		CL No.4		CL No.27
Saturated fatty acid
C8:0		0.0113 ± 0.0029^a		0.0261 ± 0.0124^a		0.0113 ± 0.0049^a
C10:0		0.0146 ± 0.0004^a		0.0386 ± 0.0075^b		0.0115 ± 0.0020^a
C12:0		0.0064 ± 0.0004^a		0.0208 ± 0.0085^a		0.0144 ± 0.0035^a
C14:0		0.0142 ± 0.0018^b		0.0191 ± 0.0018^b		0.0150 ± 0.0008^b
C15:0		0.0027 ± 0.0006^a		0.0053 ± 0.0013^a		0.0031 ± 0.0005^a
C16:0		2.4921 ± 0.1623^b		3.2119 ± 0.1854^ab		2.7239 ± 0.0872^ab
C17:0		0.0231 ± 0.0052^ab		0.0285 ± 0.0014^ab		0.0191 ± 0.0005^ab
C18:0		0.3459 ± 0.0460^d		0.8578 ± 0.0573^ab		0.6505 ± 0.0372^abcd
C20:0		0.0142 ± 0.0018^a		0.0197 ± 0.0035^a		0.0141 ± 0.0016^a
C21:0		0.0353 ± 0.0009^bc		0.0963 ± 0.0143^a		0.0314 ± 0.0051^bc
C22:0		0.0124 ± 0.0041^a		0.0192 ± 0.0061^a		0.0210 ± 0.0090^a
C24:0		0.0247 ± 0.0069^b		0.0624 ± 0.0028^a		0.0504 ± 0.0144^a
Unsaturated fatty acid
C14:1^Δ9		0.0083 ± 0.0031^a		0.0157 ± 0.0033^a		0.0058 ± 0.0004^a
C16:1^Δ9		0.0119 ± 0.0007^b		0.0265 ± 0.0023^ab		0.0364 ± 0.0078^a
C18:1^Δ9c		9.8160 ± 1.0630^d		31.2410 ± 0.1402^b		35.3890 ± 1.5005^a
C18:1^Δ9t		0.0806 ± 0.0065^d		0.2072 ± 0.0085^b		0.4264 ± 0.0225^a
C18:2^Δ9,12		3.6386 ± 0.2564^de		3.7134 ± 0.1331^de		2.4298 ± 0.1086^e
C18:3^Δ9,12,15		0.1029 ± 0.0046^bcd		0.2061 ± 0.0183^a		0.1205 ± 0.0050^bc
C20:1^Δ11		0.0859 ± 0.0122^b		0.1356 ± 0.0055^ab		0.1422 ± 0.0686^ab
C20:5^Δ5,8,11,14,17		0.0074 ± 0.0035^b		0.0222 ± 0.0062^ab		0.0287 ± 0.0073^a
C22:1^Δ13		0.0100 ± 0.0011^def		0.0124 ± 0.0044^cdef		0.0154 ± 0.0014^bcdef
C24:1^Δ15		0.0304 ± 0.0177^ab		0.0295 ± 0.0048^ab		0.0468 ± 0.0169^a
Total fatty acid		16.7890 ± 1.5442^d		40.0156 ± 0.1756^a		42.2068 ± 1.7966^a

Annotations:LJCY, Longjing Changye; JF, Jingfeng; BHZ, Baihaozao; WNZ, Wuniuzao; FD DBC, Fuding Dabaicha; NW106, Niaowang 106; YX No.1, Yixuan 1; LS No.3, Laoshan 3; YZX, Yuezaoxiang; AJBC, Anji Baicha; SYH, Suyuhuang; ZH No.1, Zhonghuang 1; ZH No.2, Zhonghuang 2; MH DYZ, Menghai Dayezhong; CL No.4, Changlin 4; CL No.27, Changlin 27. Value represent the means ± SE from triplicate experiments. In each line, different letters meant significant differences (P < 0.05, Tukey’s honest significant difference (HSD) post-hoc test, n = 3).

Table 4. The fatty acid contents in seed kernels of 17 Camellia cultivars

Cultivar	SFA(%)	MUFA(%)	PUFA (%)	n-6 (%)	n-3 (%)	n-6/n-3
Conventional cultivar
LJCY	3.1799±0.1593^b	9.8117±0.9520^d	5.0257±0.3334^cde	4.9364±0.3259^bcd	0.0893±0.0114^cde	56.3708±4.9132^ab
JF	4.5098±0.5479^ab	13.6182±1.0397^cd	6.8295±0.7773^abc	6.7275±0.7699^ab	0.1019±0.0190^bcde	66.5567±6.0702^ab
BHZ	4.6783±0.2342^ab	13.7143±0.4201^cd	7.2150±0.2772^abc	7.1103±0.2838^ab	0.1048±0.0068^bcde	68.7663±6.7297^ab
WNZ	5.0863±0.1104^a	15.5080±0.3889^cd	7.9572±0.1476^a	7.8203±0.1382^a	0.1369±0.0132^bc	58.1508±5.2930^ab
LS No.3	2.9848±0.3166^b	9.3641±0.8392^d	4.2854±0.4780^def	4.2174±0.4742^cde	0.0679±0.0040^e	61.7314±3.6829^ab
TRI-19	3.8815±0.5121^ab	11.0174±1.3104^cd	6.4293±0.9559^abcd	6.3393±0.9523^abc	0.0901±0.0035^cde	69.8129±7.7155^ab
NW 106	3.8681±0.5226^ab	11.4119±1.3074^cd	5.5693±0.4061^bcde	5.4830±0.4039 ^abcd	0.0863±0.0023^de	63.4394±3.0847^ab
YX No.1	4.0952±0.1583^ab	13.0178±0.5254^cd	6.2333±0.0567^abcd	6.1185±0.0531^abc	0.1148±0.0041^bcde	53.4032±1.5435^ab
FD DBC	4.2512±0.2344^ab	12.5130±0.3722^cd	6.3078±0.2383^abcd	6.2083±0.2283^abc	0.0995±0.0116^cde	63.7782±6.0418^ab
YZX	3.9563±0.2782^ab	11.6259±0.6785^cd	6.5445±0.6995^abcd	6.4078±0.6150^abc	0.1367±0.0191^bc	47.6390±3.9839^bc
Albino cultivar
AJBC	4.0263±0.4855^ab	11.9329±1.7010^cd	6.6243±0.6359^abc	6.5348±0.6318^ab	0.0896±0.0041^cde	72.6274±3.6047^a
SYH	3.5735±0.3088^ab	11.3753±1.1519^cd	5.5766±0.6295^bcde	5.4811±0.5353^abcd	0.0956±0.0073^cde	57.1833±1.4306^ab
ZH No.1	4.8818±0.4465^a	13.1746±0.6588^cd	7.8446±0.5245^ab	7.7231±0.5340^a	0.1215±0.0080^bcd	64.1070±6.2047^ab
ZH No.2	4.0016±0.1583^ab	10.7894±0.2857^cd	7.3858±0.1224^ab	7.2834±0.1211^a	0.1023±0.0017^bcde	71.1924±0.6958^a
Related Camellia species
MH DYZ	2.9971±0.2228^b	10.0430±1.0694^d	3.7489±0.2548^ef	3.6386±0.2365^de	0.1103±0.0081^bcde	33.3690±3.4784^cd
CL No.4	4.4057±0.1844^ab	31.6682±0.1215^b	3.9417±0.1381^ef	3.7134±0.1331^de	0.2283±0.0144^a	16.3640±0.9772^d
CL No.27	3.5657±0.1187^ab	36.0623±1.5614^a	2.5789±0.1209^f	2.4298±0.1086^e	0.1492±0.0123^b	16.3950±0.6026 ^d

Annotations: LJCY, Longjing Changye; JF, Jingfeng; BHZ, Baihaozao; WNZ, Wuniuzao; FD DBC, Fuding Dabaicha; NW106, Niaowang 106; YX No.1, Yixuan 1; LS No.3, Laoshan 3; YZX, Yuezaoxiang; AJBC, Anji Baicha; SYH, Suyuhuang; ZH No.1, Zhonghuang 1; ZH No.2, Zhonghuang 2; MH DYZ, Menghai Dayezhong; CL No.4, Changlin 4; CL No.27, Changlin 27. Value represent the means ± SE from triplicate experiments. In each line, different letters meant significant differences (P < 0.05, Tukey’s honest significant difference (HSD) post-hoc test, n = 3).

Table 5. The proportion of specific fatty acid in the total fatty acids in seed kernels of 17 Camellia

Cultivar	SFA(%)	MUFA(%)	PUFA (%)	SFA/MUFA/PUFA
Conventional cultivar
LJCY	17.74 ± 0.58^a	54.30 ± 0.99^de	27.96 ± 0.43^b	1.00 :3.06:1.58
JF	17.99 ± 0.63^a	54.74 ± 0.94^de	27.27 ± 0.54^b	1.00:3.04:1.52
BHZ	18.25 ± 0.35^a	53.58 ± 0.34^de	28.17 ± 0.13^b	1.00:2.94:1.54
WNZ	17.82 ± 0.46^a	54.30 ± 1.04^de	27.88 ± 0.69^b	1.00:3.05:1.56
LS No.3	17.90 ± 0.36^a	56.33 ± 1.97^cd	25.77 ± 1.70^bc	1.00:3.15:1.44
TRI-19	18.19 ± 0.15^a	51.82 ± 0.94^def	30.00 ± 0.81^ab	1.00:2.85:1.65
NW 106	18.45 ± 0.54^a	54.64 ± 0.85^de	26.91 ± 1.31^b	1.00:2.96:1.46
YX No.1	17.53 ± 0.23^a	55.72 ± 0.78^cde	26.74 ± 0.84^b	1.00:3.18:1.53
FD DBC	18.41 ± 0.77^a	54.21 ± 0.72^de	27.38 ± 1.43^b	1.00:2.94:1.49
YZX	17.88 ± 0.28^a	52.65 ± 1.15^def	29.47 ± 0.98^ab	1.00:2.94:1.65
Albino cultivar
AJBC	17.83 ± 0.58^a	52.48 ± 1.95^def	29.70 ± 2.35^ab	1.00:2.94:1.67
SYH	17.45 ± 0.45^a	55.38 ± 0.43^cde	27.17 ± 0.01^b	1.00:3.17:1.56
ZH No.1	18.78 ± 0.60^a	50.95 ± 0.80^ef	30.27 ± 0.53^ab	1.00:2.71:1.61
ZH No.2	18.05 ± 0.24^a	48.64 ± 0.54^f	33.31 ± 0.38^a	1.00:2.69:1.85
Related Camellia species
MH DYZ	17.91 ± 0.36^a	59.67 ± 0.82^c	22.42 ± 0.51^c	1.00:3.33:1.25
CL No.4	11.01 ± 0.43^b	79.14 ± 0.58^b	9.84 ± 0.31^d	1.00:7.19:0.89
CL No.27	8.46 ± 0.11^c	85.44 ± 0.11^a	6.11 ± 0.03^d	1.00:10.10:0.72

Annotations: SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; LJCY, Longjing Changye; JF, Jingfeng; BHZ, Baihaozao; WNZ, Wuniuzao; FD DBC, Fuding Dabaicha; NW106, Niaowang 106; YX No.1, Yixuan 1; LS No.3, Laoshan 3; YZX, Yuezaoxiang; AJBC, Anji Baicha; SYH, Suyuhuang; ZH No.1, Zhonghuang 1; ZH No.2, Zhonghuang 2; MH DYZ, Menghai Dayezhong; CL No.4, Changlin 4; CL No.27, Changlin 27. Value represent the means ± SE from triplicate experiments. In each line, different letters meant significant differences (P < 0.05, Tukey’s honest significant difference (HSD) post-hoc test, n = 3).

Table 6. The relative activity of FAD2 and FAD3 in seed kernels of 17 Camellia cultivars

Ratios	LJCY	JF	BHZ	WNZ	LS No.3	TRI-19	NW-106	YX No.1	FD DBC	YZX	AJBC	SYH	ZH No.1	ZH No.2	MH DYZ	CL No.4	CL No.27
FAD2	1.92^de	1.98^de	1.88^de	1.93^de	2.19^cd	1.72^de	2.02^cde	2.08^cde	1.97^de	1.78^de	1.77^de	2.02^cde	1.67^de	1.44^e	2.68^c	8.44^b	14.57^a
FAD3	62.17^abc	78.36^ab	77.92^ab	66.50^ab	69.99^ab	77.02^ab	72.31^ab	60.62^abc	73.45^ab	52.55^bc	84.42^a	68.39^ab	76.79^ab	82.11^a	35.52^cd	18.29^d	20.17^d

Annotations:LJCY, Longjing Changye; JF, Jingfeng; BHZ, Baihaozao; WNZ, Wuniuzao; FD DBC, Fuding Dabaicha; NW106, Niaowang 106; YX No.1, Yixuan 1; LS No.3, Laoshan 3; YZX, Yuezaoxiang; AJBC, Anji Baicha; SYH, Suyuhuang; ZH No.1, Zhonghuang 1; ZH No.2, Zhonghuang 2; MH DYZ, Menghai Dayezhong; CL No.4, Changlin 4; CL No.27, Changlin 27. Value represent the means from triplicate experiments. In each line, different letters meant significant differences (P < 0.05, Tukey’s honest significant difference (HSD) post-hoc test, n = 3).