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. 2012 Jul 24;7(7):e41000. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041000

Table 5. Effects of carbon dioxide, temperature and nitrogen treatments on fructose (Fru), glucose (Glu), sucrose (Suc), total sugars (TSW), sweetness index (SI) and dry matter-content (DMC) of strawberry fruitsa.

CT CTN C CN T TN ck N
Fru (mg g−1 DW) 291.7±22.1** 301.7±54.9** 264.5±28.8* 301.9±41.4** 225.7±50.8 186.4±44.1 259.1±43.6* 229.0±43.6
Glu (mg g−1 DW) 299.2±34.0** 294.3±77.1** 252.8±36.7* 288.3±34.8** 204.0±54.6 180.5±63.4 238.3±27.6 216.3±54.4
Suc (mg g−1 DW) 73.75±25.01 51.38±59.21 86.24±58.50 86.14±65.34 107.63±84.93 108.08±45.61 41.57±57.32 49.52±66.65
TSW (mg g−1 FW) 80.26±15.91* 77.19±18.57* 79.29±7.84* 75.77±9.82* 53.54±10.90 57.14±10.85 53.67±10.62 54.80±15.24
SI (mg g−1 FW) 128.8±25.9* 126.1±29.4* 128.4±11.0* 121.8±15.9* 86.4±16.6 91.5±17.9 88.5±16.1 89.6±23.8
DMC 0.127±0.014* 0.132±0.017* 0.131±0.015* 0.114±0.010 0.099±0.019 0.115±0.004 0.098±0.013 0.100±0.072
a

Data are expressed as mean ± SD, n = 12, while * and ** indicate P<0.05 and 0.01 respectively. Abbreviations are: DW- dry weight; FW- fresh weight.