Table 2.
Plant material | Fruit yield per plant (g) | Brix (g 100 g–1) | Sugars (g 100 g–1) | Lycopene (p.p.m.) | β-carotene (p.p.m.) | Vitamin A (IU g–1)b |
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Wild type T56 | 224 ± 9 | 4.73 ± 0.06 | 2.58 ± 0.08 | 85.7 ± 4.3 | 3.03 ± 0.41 | 5.04 ± 0.68 |
Transgenic T56 with hp phenotype | 151 ± 29 | 4.60 ± 0.08 | 2.30 ± 0.25 | 186.8 ± 28.4 | 15.62 ± 5.69 | 26.03 ± 9.49 |
All red ripe fruits were harvested from individual T2 generation plants, weighed, and analysed as in Experimental procedures. Wild-type material was derived from non-transformed T56 genotype (six plants), whereas plants with hp phenotypes wereT2 generation T56 plants containing either the 35S::hp2j or e35S::TDETI-3′ constructs (five plants). Plants were grown in Woodland, CA, during the Spring of 2002. Data are ±standard errors.
International units of vitamin A per gram.