Table 1.
Starch, sucrose and glucose contents in control and OCI-expressing potato tubers stored at 4 °C for 0, 36 or 48 weeks
| Sugar | Concentration (% fresh weight) 1 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 week (harvest) | 36 weeks | 48 weeks | |||||||
| K | K52 | K53 | K | K52 | K53 | K | K52 | K53 | |
| Starch | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 11.8 a | 14.1 b | 13.8 b | 6.28 A | 7.87 B | 8.40 B |
| Sucrose | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 1.33 A | 0.57 B | 0.71 B |
| Glucose | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 0.87 |
1Data are expressed as mean relative contents in flesh tissue of three tubers harvested from different plants. For each storage period, data with different letters on the same line are significantly different (post-anova Tukey’s test, P < 0.05)