Effect of Cultivars and Planting Date on Yield, Oil Content, and Fatty Acid Profile of Flax Varieties (Linum usitatissimum L.)

Table 4

Average concentration of palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acids, and content of saturated, unsaturated (g/100 g), and unsaturated/saturated ratio in the analyzed cultivars in the two planting dates.

Cultivars	Palmitic	Stearic	Oleic	Linoleic	Linolenic	Sat.	Unsat.	Unsat./Sat
Baikal	5.53^a	5.58^a	30.43^a	19.34^c	46.43^a	11.11^a	96.20^b	8.67^a
Carapé INTA	6.80^ab	7.08^ab	27.73^a	16.23^ab	49.19^a	13.87^ab	93.16^ab	6.73^a
Curundú INTA	6.91^b	7.81^ab	28.80^a	16.71^bc	47.44^a	14.71^b	92.96^ab	6.33^a
P. Ceibal	6.64^ab	8.63^b	26.95^a	14.89^ab	50.52^a	15.27^b	92.36^a	6.20^a
P. Lucero	6.00^ab	6.81^ab	35.50^a	13.67^a	46.00^a	12.81^ab	95.18^ab	8.11^a
Panambí INTA	6.87^b	8.05^b	31.47^a	13.35^a	47.80^a	14.92^b	92.62^a	6.24^a
Tape INTA	7.19^b	7.72^ab	30.47^a	14.47^ab	48.34^a	14.91^b	93.29^ab	6.29^a

Different letters in the same column indicate significant difference according to Tukey’s test () between cultivars.