Table 2.

Fatty acid groups and fatty acid ratios for chain elongation and desideration in watermelon genotypes

Genotypea	SFA ± SD	MUFA ± SD	PUFA ± SD	TUFA ± SD	ER ± SD	DR ± SD	ODR ± SD
WM-23	37.07 ± 2.63	13.72 ± 1.30	48.79 ± 2.21	62.51 ± 3.51	0.004 ± 0.0	0.784 ± 0.01	0.787 ± 0.01
WM-17	37.61 ± 1.68	11.17 ± 0.91	51.20 ± 2.00	62.37 ± 1.09	0.006 ± 0.0	0.824 ± 0.02	0.829 ± 0.02
WM-18	33.56 ± 1.75	11.06 ± 0.66	55.29 ± 3.84	66.36 ± 3.55	0.005 ± 0.0	0.836 ± 0.01	0.841 ± 0.01
WM-20	37.99 ± 0.02	13.04 ± 0.90	48.39 ± 3.19	61.43 ± 2.29	0.005 ± 0.0	0.790 ± 0.02	0.795 ± 0.02
WM-65	37.57 ± 2.44	16.06 ± 1.34	45.42 ± 1.78	61.48 ± 3.11	0.006 ± 0.0	0.746 ± 0.01	0.750 ± 0.01
WM-73	36.68 ± 0.14	18.85 ± 0.68	44.04 ± 5.46	62.89 ± 4.78	0.004 ± 0.0	0.701 ± 0.03	0.704 ± 0.03
WM-21	32.24 ± 2.17	16.04 ± 1.29	51.69 ± 2.61	67.74 ± 3.89	0.004 ± 0.0	0.766 ± 0.01	0.769 ± 0.01
WM-55	36.38 ± 0.46	13.25 ± 1.12	49.51 ± 2.59	62.76 ± 3.70	0.004 ± 0.0	0.792 ± 0.01	0.795 ± 0.01
WM-105	34.32 ± 0.61	14.11 ± 1.46	50.98 ± 4.42	65.09 ± 2.95	0.005 ± 0.0	0.785 ± 0.03	0.789 ± 0.03
WM-19	35.50 ± 2.45	14.11 ± 1.53	49.89 ± 3.61	64.00 ± 5.14	0.005 ± 0.0	0.784 ± 0.01	0.788 ± 0.01
WM-98	36.85 ± 0.37	17.03 ± 0.78	45.60 ± 1.90	62.63 ± 1.14	0.004 ± 0.0	0.729 ± 0.02	0.732 ± 0.02
WM-51	36.57 ± 1.82	14.48 ± 0.83	48.26 ± 0.99	62.73 ± 1.81	0.003 ± 0.0	0.772 ± 0.02	0.774 ± 0.02
WM-44	35.88 ± 0.55	20.04 ± 2.63	43.95 ± 1.15	63.99 ± 3.75	0.004 ± 0.0	0.690 ± 0.02	0.693 ± 0.02
WM-124	36.55 ± 0.32	14.91 ± 1.76	47.64 ± 2.84	62.54 ± 4.60	0.006 ± 0.0	0.766 ± 0.01	0.771 ± 0.01
WM-150	34.76 ± 0.02	14.79 ± 1.77	49.81 ± 2.61	64.60 ± 4.38	0.005 ± 0.0	0.775 ± 0.01	0.778 ± 0.01

^aWM watermelon, SFA saturated fatty acids, MUFA mono-unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA poly-unsaturated fatty acids, TUFA total unsaturated fatty acids, ER elongation ratio (ER), DR desaturation ratio (DR), ODR oleic desaturation ratio(ODR), SD standard deviation