Genetic Variability in Glucosinolates in Seed of Brassica juncea: Interest in Mustard Condiment

Table 3

Correlations between seed total glucosinolates, sinigrin, and gluconapin and agronomical traits measured on a collection of 190 genotypes.

Trait	Seed total glucosinolates	Seed sinigrin content	Seed gluconapin content
Flowering duration (FD)	0.07	0.01	0.02
Seed filling duration (SFD)	0.32	−0.55	0.65
Plant height	−0.04	0.73	−0.71
Number of seeds/pod	−0.26	−0.15	0.04
Thousand seeds’ weight (TSW)	−0.21	−0.47	0.52
Seed yield/plant (SY/P)	−0.18	−0.45	0.35
Seed total glucosinolates content (GLS)	—	0.07	0.32
Seed sinigrin content (SIN)	—	—	−0.92

, , and : significance at 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 probability level, respectively.