Table 1.

Carotenoid content of mature melon fruit from Védrantais (Ved; orange, harvested at 45 DAP), Piel de Sapo (PS; white, 55 DAP), Dulce (Dul; orange, 50 DAP) and PI 161375 (PI; green/orange, 50 DAP). Data are mean ± S.D. (n = 3). n.d. not detected

Carotenoid	Fruit carotenoid content (μg g−1FW)
	Ved	PS	Dul	PI
Violaxanthin	n.d	n.d	n.d	129 ± 21
Lutein	n.d	n.d	19 ± 18	220 ± 28
β-cryptoxanthin	47 ± 13	n.d	24 ± 13	176 ± 47
α-carotene	42 ± 12	n.d	35 ± 3	153 ± 45
β-carotene	5316 ± 946	9 ± 3	4483 ± 946	998 ± 265