Research Article

Biochemical Characterization of Seed Oil of Tunisian Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Accessions with Special Reference to Its Fatty Acid Composition and Oil Content

Table 4

Pearson’s correlation coefficients between biochemical traits.

C16 : 0C18 : 0C18 : 1C18 : 2C20 : 0C20 : 1C22 : 0Oil content

C16 : 01
C18 : 00.3281
C18 : 1−0.0620.1371
C18 : 2−0.488−0.4390.0401
C20 : 0−0.089−0.025−0.048−0.5521
C20 : 1−0.1130.136−0.307−0.1510.1471
C22 : 00.0120.221−0.148−0.1600.2430.2281
Oil content−0.041−0.0060.368−0.0880.259−0.0620.0491

value and were significant at 0.05 and 0.01 probability levels, respectively.