Table 4.

Correlation coefficients between expression levels of differentially expressed carotenoid biosynthetic pathway unigenes and concentrations of β-carotene, lycopene, and lutein

Unigene	Gene name	β-Carotene	Lycopene	Lutein
unigene3240	DXS	0.865	0.016*	0.02*
unigene10858	DXS	0.332	0.406	0.865
unigene16957	DXS	0.224	0.516	0.077
unigene11606	DXR	0.332	0.002**	0.01**
unigene90269	DXR	0.256	0.587	0.678
unigene36987	ispD	0.865	0.244	0.05*
unigene6307	ispD	0.346	0.769	0.732
unigene28019	ispF	0.265	0.002**	0.002**
unigene3467	IPI	0.332	0.004**	0.001**
unigene12558	IPI	0.516	0.013*	0.02*
unigene91645	IPI	0.557	0.967	0.253
unigene10069	GGPS	0.865	0.036*	0.332
unigene2557	GGPS	0.576	0.898	0.46
unigene41970	GGPS	1	0.205	0.036*
unigene26809	PSY	0.05*	0.02*	0.17
unigene59118	PSY	0.576	0.476	0.178
unigene38088	PSY	0.244	0**	0.002**
unigene11724	LCY-B	0.332	0**	0.002**
unigene17372	PDS	0.332	0.001**	0.04*
unigene89678	PDS	0.637	0.421	0.465
unigene25830	ZDS	0.308	0**	0.005**
unigene36818	ZEP	0.332	0**	0.002**

*Significant difference at P ≤ 0.05; **Significant difference at P ≤ 0.01