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Table 4.

Dynamics of oil mass in the embryo in the tree cultivars of sunflower differing in oil content at maturity

		Initiation of effective period of oil formation		Effective duration of oil content growth		Effective rate of oil content growth		Total duration of oil content growth
Cultivar	Final oil weight (mg per embryo)	daa	°Cd	d	°Cd	mg d⁻¹	mg (°Cd)⁻¹	daa	°Cd	% oil in embryo (d. wt basis)
‘Dakar’	48·4 ± 0·78^a	7·3 ± 0·57^a	[168·4 ± 13·7^a]	18·3 ± 0·30^a	[455·3 ± 6·9^a]	2·6 ± 0·04^a	[0·11 ± 0·003^a]	25·6 ± 0·37^a	[623·0 ± 8·5^a]	55·9 ± 0·26^a
‘11051’	49·4 ± 0·20^a	8·5 ± 0·83^a	[195·4 ± 20·0^a]	19·1 ± 0·66^a	[481·6 ± 15·1^a]	2·5 ± 0·06^a	[0·11 ± 0·003^a]	27·6 ± 0·47^b	[677·0 ± 10·8^b]	69·3 ± 0·61^b
‘Prosol 35’	52·0 ± 0·37^b	9·5 ± 0·44^a	[216·0 ± 10·6^a]	23·0 ± 0·68^b	[512·0 ± 15·6^a]	2·2 ± 0·05^b	[0·10 ± 0·004^a]	32·4 ± 0·44^c	[728·0 ± 10·1^c]	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.