Table 1.

Photosynthetic pigment content of WT and chlorophyll-deficient mutant lines of wheat

	NS67	ANK-32A	LD222	ANDW-7B
Chlorophyll a (nmol mg−1)	2.49 ± 0.30	1.59 ± 0.17*	1.56 ± 0.36	1.00 ± 0.15
Chlorophyll b (nmol mg−1)	0.66 ± 0.08	0.30 ± 0.02**	0.43 ± 0.09	0.21 ± 0.03*
Chlorophyll (a + b) (nmol mg−1)	3.15 ± 0.38	1.89 ± 0.19*	1.99 ± 0.45	1.21 ± 0.18
Chlorophyll a/b	3.80 ± 0.08	5.35 ± 0.23***	3.59 ± 0.07	4.83 ± 0.40*
Carotenoids (nmol mg−1)	0.98 ± 0.11	0.65 ± 0.07*	0.70 ± 0.14	0.52 ± 0.09

Mean values ± standard error (n = 5–6). Significant differences between mutant and WT are indicated according to Student’s t test

*P < 0.05

**P < 0.01

***P < 0.001