Sunflower / Tournesol
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Table 4

Summary statistics for quantitative descriptors included in this study.

Descriptor Mean SD CV Range
Days to flowering from sowing 71.83 7.90 11.00 57–99.5
Number of achenes per capitulum 581.59 197.83 34.01 135–1650
Weight of 100 achenes (g) 5.29 1.27 23.92 2.2–10
Percentage of seed kernel 73.18 5.35 7.31 29.6–84.6
% of oil content 46.53 5.42 11.64 29–57.5
Achene width (mm) 4.76 0.89 18.69 2.64–9.1
Achene length (mm) 9.57 1.26 13.19 5.44–13.26
Achene thickness (mm) 2.86 0.72 25.03 0.5–5.38
Plant height (cm) 131.75 24.17 18.35 71.25–185
Number of leaves per plant 26.98 6.67 24.73 15.33–72
Stem diameter (mm) 20.89 3.88 18.54 12–32.23
Leave length (cm) 18.79 3.45 18.35 9.63–28.63
Leave width (cm) 17.64 3.80 21.52 8.7–33.71
Petiole length (cm) 10.02 2.78 27.75 3.63–18.35
Capitulum diameter (cm) 13.57 3.41 25.12 6–24.25
Bract length (cm) 4.70 1.12 23.93 1.1–8.07
Number of ray flowers 42.94 8.91 20.76 10.67–72.5
Ray flower width (mm) 13.25 3.96 29.90 6–25.67
Ray flower lenght (mm) 57.62 13.81 29.89 23.4–89.75

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