Association of Oleic Acid Content with Yield and Its Component Traits in Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

Two BC₃F₁ crosses were studied to assess the association between oil quality such asoleic acid content and oil yield with seed yield and other attributing traits. These crosses has low oleic inbreds as recurrent parents and high oleic inbred as donor parent. Oil yield per plant possessed significant positive correlation with volume weight, seed yield per plant and oil content. Oil content exhibited positive and significant association with volume weight and seed yield per plant. Seed yield per plant and volume weight showed positive and significant inter correlation among themselves. Oleic acid content as observed using the high oleic specific molecular marker has no correlation with any of the yield and other attributing traits in sunflower. Hence high oleic hybrids can be developed without sacrificing oil yield and other component traits.