Table 1.
Data summary from the transgenic banana field trial
| Promoter‐transgene | Number of plants in the field | Number of plants harvested | Number of plants analyzed (first cut) a | β‐CE in FG fruit (μg/g dw) | β‐CE in FR fruit (μg/g dw) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range | Average | Range | Average | ||||
| Wild‐type | 50 | 50 | 15 | 0.6–3.8 | 1.5 | 0.8–5.8 | 3.1 |
| Exp1‐MtPsy2a | 33 | 28 | 28 | 1.2–8.6 | 3.3 | 0.8–10.0 | 2.8 |
| Exp1‐MtPsy2a + Ubi‐PaCrtI | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0.2–2.3 | 1.0 | 1.3–3.4 | 2.1 |
| Exp1‐ZmPsy1 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 1.2–4.6 | 2.6 | 1.3–15.2 | 4.5 |
| Exp1‐ZmPsy1+ Ubi‐PaCrtI | 18 | 11 | 8 | 0.2–1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5–3.6 | 2.4 |
| Exp1‐ZmPsy1+ Exp1‐PaCrtI | 7 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 2.1–11.0 | 6.5 |
| Exp1‐PaCrtI | 29 | 26 | 3 | – | – | 1.7–2.6 | 2 |
| ACO‐MtPsy2a | 30 | 29 | 28 | 11.2–15.3 | 13.3 | 3.4–13.4 | 8.3 |
| ACO‐ZmPsy1 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 5.4–10.9 | 7.6 | 2.5–24.6 | 9.0 |
| ACO‐ZmPsy1+ Exp1‐PaCrtI | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10.6–25.7 | 17.1 | 7.8–16.7 | 13.2 |
| Ubi‐MtPsy2a | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1.4–19.1 | 6.8 | 3.5–16.1 | 7.4 |
| Ubi‐ZmPsy1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0.3–13.6 | 6.1 | 1.0–16.1 | 7.9 |
| Ubi‐PaCrtI | 27 | 27 | 20 | – | – | 1.0–3.7 | 1.8 |
| Total | 294 | 246 | 168 | – | – | – | – |
a
First cut relates to an initial screening of the fruit of transgenic banana lines done by HPLC and using only a single fruit collected from the middle position of the bunch. FG, full green and FR, full ripe.