Table 5.

Correlation coefficients among fatty acid components of different peanut genotypes.

	Palmitic acid (C16:0)	Stearic acid (C18:0)	Oleic acid (C18:1)	Linoleic acid (C18:2)	Arachidic acid (C20:0)	Gadoleic acid (C20:1)	Behenic acid (C22:0)	Lignoceric acid (C24:0)
Palmitic acid	1
Stearic acid	0.38**	1
Oleic acid	−0.87**	−0.33**	1
Linoleic acid	0.78**	0.13	−0.96**	1
Arachidic acid	0.15*	0.68**	−0.22**	0.02	1
Gadoleic acid	−0.50**	−0.26**	0.40**	−0.44**	0.28**	1
Behenic acid	0.05	0.44**	−0.22**	0.05	0.78**	0.44**	1
Lignoceric acid	0.55	−0.09	−0.15*	0.07	0.25**	0.16*	0.33**	1

Where,

^{* and **}denotes significance level at 0.05%, 0.01%, respectively.