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Table 3.

Dynamics of the growth of the embryo in the three cultivars of sunflower differing in oil content at maturity

		Initiation of effective period of growth		Effective duration of growth		Effective growth rate		Total duration of growth
	Final embryo weight (mg)	daa	°Cd	d	°Cd	mg d⁻¹	mg (°Cd)⁻¹	daa	°Cd	% embryo in achene (d. wt basis)
‘Dakar’	85·8 ± 0·74^a	6·8 ± 0·96^a	[154·9 ± 23·1^a]	23·4 ± 0·50^a	[560·8 ± 11·5^a]	3·6 ± 0·14^a	[0·17 ± 0·004^a]	30·2 ± 0·41^a	[715·7 ± 9·4^a]	54·3 ± 0·20^a
‘11051’	71·3 ± 0·27^b	7·7 ± 1·05^a	[171·0 ± 25·3^a]	22·7 ± 0·49^a	[541·4 ± 11·2^a]	3·1 ± 0·16^b	[0·15 ± 0·003^b]	30·4 ± 0·37^a	[712·4 ± 8·5^a]	63·8 ± 0·48^b
‘Prosol 35’	67·4 ± 0·43^c	9·5 ± 0·64^a	[194·0 ± 15·4^a]	21·3 ± 0·46^a	[517·7 ± 10·5^a]	3·1 ± 0·13^b	[0·15 ± 0·003^b]	29·8 ± 0·42^a	[711·7 ± 9·7^a]	72·4 ± 0·25^c

Data in square brackets are values of duration and rates on a thermal time basis (base temperature = −1 °C).

Values are means (n = 3) ± standard error and are derived from bilinear functions fitted to experimental data.

Within each column, values followed by different letters are significantly (P < 0·05) different.