Table 1.

Comparison of the Contents of Cell Wall Sugars between bc1-2 and Wild-Type Culms

Sugar	bc1-2 Mutanta	Wild Typea	Difference	P Value b
Glucose	433 ± 11.1	612 ± 15.9	−179	<0.001
Xylose	149 ± 5.64	107 ± 3.94	42	<0.001
Arabinose	21.3 ± 0.94	18.0 ± 0.83	3.3	0.022
Galactose	11.9 ± 0.60	11.5 ± 0.69	0.4	0.693
Mannose	1.74 ± 0.07	1.78 ± 0.08	−0.04	0.696
Rhamnose	3.66 ± 0.21	3.58 ± 0.21	0.08	0.786

^aThe sugar contents of cell walls of bc1-2 mutant and wild-type culms are given as means ± se of eight independent assays. Each wall component was calculated as milligrams per gram of total cell wall residues.

^bDetermined using Student's two-sample t test.