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. 2007 Jul 28;100(4):747–756. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcm156

Table 7.

Effect of 0·05 mm B (control) and B toxicity (0·5 and 2 mm) on glucose, fructose and sucrose concentration in leaves of two tomato cultivars (‘Kosaco’ and ‘Josefina’)

Glucose (mg g−1 FW) Fructose (mg g−1 FW) Sucrose (mg g−1 FW)
‘Kosaco’ ‘Josefina’ ‘Kosaco’ ‘Josefina’ ‘Kosaco’ ‘Josefina’
0·05 mm 0·77 ± 0·05b† 0·27 ± 0·17c 1·18 ± 0·04c 0·86 ± 0·17c 0·81 ± 0·05c 0·82 ± 0·02c
0·50 mm 0·69 ± 0·03b 0·68 ± 0·03b 1·45 ± 0·01b 1·39 ± 0·03b 1·06 ± 0·01b 1·14 ± 0·01b
2·00 mm 2·58 ± 0·01a 2·75 ± 0·01a 4·46 ± 0·04a 4·60 ± 0·10a 1·61 ± 0·01a 1·33 ± 0·03a
P ***§ *** *** *** *** ***
‘Kosaco’ 1·35a‡ 2·36a 1·16a
‘Josefina’ 1·24a 2·28a 1·10a
P ns ns ns
LSD0·05 0·20 0·17 0·10

Values are means ± s.e. (n = 9) and differences between means were compared using Duncan's test (P = 0·05).

Values are means (n = 27) and differences between means were compared using LSD test (P = 0·05).

§ Levels of significance are represented by ***P < 0·001 and ns (not significant, P > 0·05).