Table 2.
Endosperm Carbohydrate Content
| Genotype
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Zpu1 (W64A)
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zpu1-204
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| Metabolite | mg/g dry wt | % | mg/g dry wt | % | P Valuea (Zpu1 versus zpu1-204) |
| Glc | 4.48 ± 0.59 | 0.5 | 3.51 ± 0.40 | 0.4 | 0.07 |
| Fru | 2.82 ± 0.29 | 0.3 | 2.01 ± 0.36 | 0.2 | 0.11 |
| Suc | 51.1 ± 2.80 | 6.1 | 48.7 ± 1.97 | 5.9 | 0.50 |
| WSP | 14.6 ± 0.83 | 1.7 | 9.97 ± 0.45 | 1.2 | 0.001 |
| Starch | 766 ± 31 | 91.3 | 768 ± 32 | 92.3 | 0.99 |
Results are means ± se of 12 total assays. Four ears of each genotype were harvested at 20 DAP, and three independent assays were performed on separate pools of kernels taken from each ear.
a
Determined using Student's two sample t test.