A White Sesame Variety ‘Nuri’ with Phytophthora Blight Disease Resistance

Abstract

A white sesame variety 'Nuri (Sesamum indicum L.)' with resistance to Phytophthora blight disease was developed in 2016. It was derived from a cross between 'Suwon 131' and 'Yangbaek' in 1999. 'Nuri' has few branches and triple capsules per node. Notably, 'Nuri' exhibited resistance to Phytophthora blight and Fusarium wilt and a yield of approximately 1.19 tons per hectare, 17% higher than that of 'Kopoom'. 'Nuri' presented a crude fat content of 49.0% and protein content of 26.1%. Thus, this variety would contribute to increased sesame production. (Registration no. 7889).

Assessment of drought tolerance of sesame germplasm with agronomic and quality traits

“…Higher means were also obtained in NS treatment for these two traits in our study which is in line of findings of Kim et al. (2006). This is also consistent with the results of studies where lower oil content under drought conditions were reported in soybean (Dornbos & Mullen, 1992), canola (Ghobadi et al., 2006), and sunflower (Pekcan et al., 2022).…”

“…This result was similar to the findings of Kim et al. (2006) in sesame. Although there was no significant difference between treatments for oleic acid content, however, higher overall mean was recorded for oleic acid content under WS treatment.…”

“…However, there is no stable decrease for oleic acid for all accessions in WS treatment compared to their counterparts in NS condition. Similarly, different individual responses to drought conditions were observed for oleic acid content of sesame seed in the studies conducted by Kim et al (2006) and Kadkhodaie et al (2014b). We also obtained that there was a strong and negative correlation between oleic and linoleic acid as linoleic acid is synthesized by consecutive desaturation of oleic acid (Harwood, 1988).…”

“…Similarly, different individual responses to drought conditions were observed for oleic acid content of sesame seed in the studies conducted by Kim et al. (2006) and Kadkhodaie et al. (2014b).…”

“…Although lower general mean was observed for oil content, some of the accessions showed higher mean under WS treatment compared to its counterpart in other treatment. It is showed that accessions can show different responses to drought conditions (Kim et al., 2006). Treatment differences such as irrigation intervals and water level can also be effective on oil content of seeds (Sezen et al., 2019).…”