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Table 4 Protein, oil contents, and fatty acid composition (percentage) for five peanut cultivars at two seasons for five replicates at each season

From: Assessment of growth and productivity of five peanut cultivars and genetic diversity using RAPD markers

Season

Saturated fatty acid

Unsaturated fatty acid

Traits cultivars

Protein content (%)

oil content (%)

Myristic acid

Palmitic acid

Stearic acid

Arachidic acid

Behenic acid

Lignoceric acid

Palmitoleic acid

Oleic acid

Linoleic acid

Linolenic acid

O/L ratio

TS/TU ratio

First season

 Giza-5

28.5a

45.2c

0.03b

10.4b

3.4b

1.7bc

2.1c

1.5a

0.09a

42.2cd

30.4ab

0.08bc

1.4b

0.26abc

 Giza-6

25.7b

49.1b

0.06a

11.6a

4.4a

1.8ab

2.4b

1.0b

0.07b

47.0b

32.2a

0.11b

1.5b

0.27abc

 Gregory

21.5d

53.3a

0.03b

9. 3c

5.0a

1.9a

2.9a

1. 2ab

0.09a

57.7a

22.6c

0.19a

2.6a

0.24d

 Ismailia

24.2b

48.8b

0.03b

11.4a

3.4b

1.4d

2.7a

1.1ab

0.07b

44.3c

27.6b

0.08bc

1.6b

0.28ab

 R92

23.4c

48.9b

0.02b

11.4a

3.1b

1.6bc

2.7a

1.4a

0.09a

40.2d

27.8b

0.04d

1.4b

0.30a

Second season

 Giza-5

28.6a

45.1c

0.03a

10.3c

2.7c

1.5a

2.7c

2.1ab

0.08bc

42.6abc

30.4ab

0.18a

1.4b

0.26a

 Giza-6

24.2c

49.0b

0.04a

11.5b

3.3a

1.5a

3.3b

1.8b

0.09b

46.3ab

32.9a

0.10b

1.4b

0.27a

 Gregory

22.9bc

52.8a

0.03a

10.0c

3.4a

1.5a

4.1a

2.3a

1.05a

56.3a

27.1c

0.13b

2.1a

0.26a

 Ismailia

24.3b

48.7b

0.02a

10.5b

3.1ab

1.5a

3.6ab

1.8b

0.08bc

45.1ab

30.4ab

0.11b

1.5b

0.27a

 R92

23.6b

48. 5b

0.03a

11.1a

2.8c

1.4a

3.0b

1.6c

0.05d

41.1c

30.1ab

0.07c

1.4b

0.28a

  1. Means with the same letter(s) in the column are not significantly different by Duncan’s new multiple range test (P < 0.05)