. 2011 Jan 13;11:12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-12

Table 4.

Glucose, fructose and sucrose content in different tissues of sugarcane cultivar Q117 15 days after imposition of water deficit.

	Glucose² (mg/g DW)		Fructose (mg/g DW)		Sucrose (mg/g DW)		Moisture content (%)

Tissue¹	Water deficit	Control	Water deficit	Control	Water deficit	Control	Water deficit	Control
LFE	4.98 ± 0.42^a	4.31 ± 1.27^a	2.52 ± 0.17^a	2.71 ± 0.69^a	5.10 ± 0.25^b	48.81 ± 1.83^a	37.3 ± 0.12^a	66.0 ± 0.58b
M-I2	46.83 ± 9.16^a	28.41 ± 1.10^a	45.30 ± 3.95^b	27.96 ± 0.83^a	95.37 ± 5.48^a	104.94 ± 4.39^a	81.1 ± 0.56^a	88.9 ± 0.85^b
I4-5	137.47 ± 10.43^a	117.39 ± 10.60^a	106.77 ± 9.81^a	100.57 ± 10.99^a	82.24 ± 19.03^a	131.34 ± 36.46^a	79.0 ± 0.34^a	88.9 ± 1.11^b
I7-8	84.71 ± 5.5^a	73.75 ± 7.34^a	66.97 ± 7.38^a	55.11 ± 5.48^a	259.46 ± 34.20^a	396.86 ± 53.67^a	74.8 ± 1.06^a	81.7 ± 1.58^b
LI	16.30 ± 0.55^b	9.69 ± 1.05^a	16.17 ± 1.18^b	11.24 ± 1.22^a	379.10 ± 24.69^a	369.38 ± 29.56^a	69.7 ± 3.51^a	68.7 ± 3.11^a

¹LFE = last fully expanded leaf, M-I2 = meristem to internode 2, I4-5 = internodes 4 and 5, I7-8 = internodes 7 and 8, LI = lowest internode.

²Data are presented as mean values (n = 3). Between treatment and control for each type of sugars, numbers with different letters are significantly different based on Student t-test (P ≤ 0.05)