No, an electron cannot decay into quarks and gluons. The electron is a fundamental particle and belongs to a class of particles called leptons. Quarks, on the other hand, are also fundamental particles but belong to a different class of particles called hadrons. Hadrons, such as protons and neutrons, are composed of quarks held together by the strong nuclear force mediated by gluons.
The decay processes involve the transformation of particles into other particles, but these transformations follow specific rules dictated by the laws of physics. In the case of the electron, it is stable and does not undergo spontaneous decay into quarks and gluons. However, in certain high-energy interactions, such as those occurring in particle accelerators, it is possible to produce quarks and gluons by supplying sufficient energy to overcome the forces that bind them within hadrons. This process is known as quark and gluon production or scattering.