Table 1.
Number of cotyledonary somatic embryos (per 300 mg of cells initially inoculated), percentage of dry matter (DM) and the protein content in embryogenic cultures of the C. papaya hybrid UENF/CALIMAN01 after 42 days of incubation under the different maturation treatments
| Variables |
PEG (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
|
NSE |
15.0 b* |
20.0 b |
40.0 a |
23.0 b |
|
DM (%) |
11.0 b |
12.9 b |
16.2 a |
17.1 a |
| Protein (mg/g DM) | 50.7 a | 49.8 a | 62.2 a | 2.0 b |
*Means followed by the same letters are not significantly different according to the SNK test (P < 0.05). NSE: C.V.(%) = 26.7, n = 4; DM: C.V.(%) = 9.9, n = 4; Protein (mg/g DM): C.V.(%) = 18.3, n = 3. PEG - polyethylene glycol; DM - dry matter; NSE - number of somatic embryos.