Table 2.
Total soluble carbohydrates and starch in leaf and developing xylem tissue of SuSy transgenic and wild-type trees
| Transgenic Line | Leaf (mg g−1) |
Developing Xylem (mg g−1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soluble carbohydrates | Starch | Soluble carbohydrates | Starch | |
| Control | 159.66 (12.68) | 0.76 (0.15) | 44.04 (7.36) | 0.30 (0.05) |
| 2 × 35S::SuSy 1 | 166.59 (11.75) | 0.83 (0.26) | 61.81 (3.36) | 0.28 (0.01) |
| 2 × 35S::SuSy 2 | 191.24 (16.60) | 0.88 (0.31) | 105.22 (30.85) | 0.22 (0.05) |
| 2 × 35S::SuSy 3 | 168.11 (16.87) | 0.68 (0.11) | 134.27 (8.71)*† | 0.26 (0.08) |
| 4CL::SuSy 1 | 185.51 (13.52) | 0.61 (0.13) | 136.73 (21.27)† | 0.24 (0.00) |
| 4CL::SuSy 2 | 175.79 (14.73) | 1.28 (0.13)† | 91.52 (9.43)*† | 0.39 (0.07) |
| 4CL::SuSy 3 | 193.50 (8.74)† | 0.94 (0.35) | 121.37 (9.48)*† | 0.30 (0.04) |
| 4CL::SuSy 4 | 169.83 (13.48) | 0.90 (0.43) | 87.91 (20.98) | 0.31 (0.06) |
Mean (SE) values were calculated from 3 plants per line.
*, significance at α = 0.05;
†, significant difference from control values at α = 0.10.