| Acknowledgements | 第1-13页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第13-16页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第16-18页 |
| 1. General introduction | 第18-21页 |
| 2. Literature review | 第21-33页 |
| ·Genetic nature of seed quality traits | 第21-24页 |
| ·Oil quality | 第22页 |
| ·The fatty acid biosynthetic pathway | 第22-23页 |
| ·The pathway to oil accumulation in seed | 第23-24页 |
| ·Genetic control of seed traits | 第24-29页 |
| ·Kilo seed weight | 第24页 |
| ·Seed oil content | 第24-25页 |
| ·Fatty acids | 第25-29页 |
| ·Palmitic acid (C16:0) | 第25-26页 |
| ·Oleic acid (C18:1) | 第26-27页 |
| ·Linoleic acid (C18:2) | 第27页 |
| ·Linolenic acid (C18:3) | 第27-28页 |
| ·Eicosenoic acid (C20:1) | 第28页 |
| ·Erucic acid (C22:1) | 第28-29页 |
| ·Heritability for seed quality traits | 第29页 |
| ·Heterosis | 第29-30页 |
| ·Genetic covariance or correlation between traits | 第30-31页 |
| ·Use of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) techniques in the study of seed quality traits | 第31页 |
| ·Gene expression studies for seed quality traits at different developmental times | 第31-33页 |
| 3. Materials and methods | 第33-39页 |
| ·Field experiment and mating design | 第33页 |
| ·Experiments for determining seed traits | 第33-35页 |
| ·Kilo seed weight (KSW) | 第33-34页 |
| ·Oil content (OC) | 第34页 |
| ·The fatty acids (FA) content | 第34-35页 |
| ·Statistical methods for estimating various genetic parameters | 第35-39页 |
| ·Unconditional and conditional variance | 第35-37页 |
| ·Narrow-sense heritability | 第37页 |
| ·Heterosis | 第37页 |
| ·Correlation for kilo seed weight and seed quality traits among different developmental times or between traits at maturity | 第37-38页 |
| ·Predicting breeding value for parents | 第38-39页 |
| 4. Results | 第39-104页 |
| ·Phenotypic means variation of the generations | 第39-45页 |
| ·Kilo seed weight | 第39页 |
| ·Oil content | 第39-40页 |
| ·Fatty acids | 第40-45页 |
| ·Major profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第40-42页 |
| ·Minor profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第42-44页 |
| ·Non profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第44-45页 |
| ·Unconditional and conditional variance analysis | 第45-61页 |
| ·Kilo seed weight | 第45-48页 |
| ·Oil content | 第48-50页 |
| ·Fatty acids | 第50-61页 |
| ·Major profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第50-54页 |
| ·Minor profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第54-58页 |
| ·Non profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第58-61页 |
| ·Heritability | 第61-68页 |
| ·Kilo seed weight | 第61-62页 |
| ·Oil content | 第62-63页 |
| ·Fatty acids | 第63-68页 |
| ·Major profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第63-65页 |
| ·Minor profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第65-66页 |
| ·Non profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第66-68页 |
| ·Heterosis | 第68-74页 |
| ·Kilo seed weight | 第68页 |
| ·Oil content | 第68页 |
| ·Fatty acids | 第68-74页 |
| ·Major profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第68-71页 |
| ·Minor profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第71-73页 |
| ·Non profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第73-74页 |
| ·Genetic correlation analysis among different developmental times | 第74-84页 |
| ·Kilo seed weight | 第74-76页 |
| ·Oil content | 第76页 |
| ·Fatty acids | 第76-84页 |
| ·Major profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第76-78页 |
| ·Minor profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第78-81页 |
| ·Non profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第81-84页 |
| ·Genetic correlation between traits at seed maturity | 第84-92页 |
| ·Genetic correlation between kilo seed weight and oil content or the fatty acids | 第84-87页 |
| ·Genetic correlation between oil content and the fatty acids | 第87页 |
| ·Genetic correlation between the fatty acids | 第87-92页 |
| ·Predicting genetic effects for parents | 第92-104页 |
| ·Kilo seed weight | 第92页 |
| ·Oil content | 第92-93页 |
| ·Fatty acids | 第93-104页 |
| ·Major profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第93-94页 |
| ·Minor profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第94-95页 |
| ·Non profitable fatty acids in rapeseed oil for edible purpose | 第95-104页 |
| 5. Discussion | 第104-110页 |
| ·Research on growth and heredity of rapeseed quality character and its significance | 第104-105页 |
| ·Models for analysis of growth and heredity of rapeseed quality character and statistical analysis methods | 第105-109页 |
| ·Unconditional analysis methods | 第105-109页 |
| ·Conditional analysis methods | 第109页 |
| ·Importance of rapeseed quality character studies and applications in other plants | 第109-110页 |
| 6. Future recommendations | 第110-111页 |
| 7. References | 第111-123页 |
| 8. List of Publications | 第123页 |
