Table 2.
Transcript abundances for Psy, CrtZ-2, and Ccs detected by qRT-PCR in pericarp samples from immature or mature C. annuum cultivars (ng 100 ng−1 RNA, average ±SD, n=3)
| Psy | CrtZ-2 | Ccs | ||
| Canary | Turning | 0.56±0.02 | 0.19±0.0 | 2.24±0.07 |
| Mature | 0.51±0.05 | 0.19±0.0 | 1.69±0.23 | |
| Fogo | Turning | 5.6±0.24 | 0.41±0.0 | 1.93±0.00 |
| Mature | 2.13±0.17 | 0.98±0.0 | 2.93±0.00 | |
| Oro Grande | Turning | 0.64±0.05 | 0.26±0.0 | 0 |
| Mature | 0.90±0.08 | 0.56±0.0 | 0 | |
| Oriole | Turning | 0.12±0.0 | 0.14±0.0 | 0 |
| Mature | 0.38±0.02 | 0.23±0.0 | 0 | |
| Valencia | Turning | 0.18±0.03 | 0.19±0.0 | 0.21±0.03 |
| Mature | 0.88±0.03 | 0.40±0.0 | 0.37±0.01 | |
| NuMex Sunset | Turning | 0 | 0.11±0.0 | 1.62±0.16 |
| Mature | 0 | 0.18±0.0 | 2.97±0.06 | |
| Dove | Turning | 4.06±0.14 | 0.63±0.0 | 0.99±0.01 |
| Mature | 0.06±0.0 | 0.1±0.0 | 1.07±0.05 | |
| NuMex Garnet | Turning | 3.38±0.14 | 0.49±0.0 | 6.84±0.37 |
| Mature | 1.98±0.30 | 0.39±0.0 | 9.69±0.82 |