Table 2.

Levels (μg g⁻¹ DW) of (putative) fructan species in three organs from eleven Musa accessions as quantified by HPLC-RID.

Accession identifier	“Putative” Inulin (Peak # 1)			“Putative” 1,1-nystose (Peak # 2)			1-kestotriose (Peak # 3)
	Leaf	Fruit	Rhizome	Leaf	Fruit	Rhizome	Leaf	Fruit	Rhizome
I	25.34 b	20.85 d	0.00 f	0.87 d	15.20 fg	254.32 e	1.16 d	48.87 ef	0.00 f
II	13.73 e	8.09 f	4.37 d	0.97 cd	71.00 d	198.36 g	2.67 b	67.44 bcd	202.59 a
III	30.64 a	1.85 g	1.63 e	1.50 b	75.67 cd	333.11 c	0.97 d	61.61 d	0.00 f
IV	19.36 c	157.21 a	9.42 b	1.54 b	78.75 c	184.24 h	0.08 e	27.63 g	0.00 f
V	18.26 d	1.73 g	0.00 f	0.98 cd	100.60 a	233.03 f	0.00 e	74.35 ab	13.89 e
VI	11.86 d	36.25 b	6.14 c	1.02 cd	28.68 e	306.08 d	0.00 e	80.92 a	0.00 f
VII	1.13 h	33.22 b	11.49 a	1.03 cd	7.32 h	162.98 i	2.03 c	45.77 f	153.45 b
VIII	6.70 g	0.00 g	12.04 a	0.93 d	10.49 gh	427.77 a	3.27 a	53.93 e	32.69 d
IX	11.21 f	2.56 g	4.33 d	0.86 d	87.89 b	135.03 j	2.11 c	61.25 d	0.00 f
X	19.84 c	27.02 c	6.97 c	3.87 a	19.32 f	347.30 b	0.00 e	69.14 bc	124.09 c
XI	18.42 d	13.54 e	9.45 b	1.32 bc	29.17 e	225.73 f	0.00 e	64.38 cd	0.00 f

Means sharing the same letter within a column are not significantly different (Tukey's test, P <0.001).