Table 1.

Average protein contents of total proteins and SSPs in maize embryos.

Maize seeds	Total proteins (mg/g dry weight)	SSPs (mg/g dry weight)	SSPs (%)
Zheng 58	33.79 ± 0.76ac	3.64 ± 0.01b	10.77
Chang 7-2	31.30 ± 1.06b	4.31 ± 0.01a	13.77
Zheng 58 × Chang 7-2	34.18 ± 0.23a	3.49 ± 0.03b	10.21
Chang 7-2 × Zheng 58	31.85 ± 0.07b	4.21 ± 0.01ac	13.19

Column 2 and 3 in the table represent mean of five independent replications along with standard deviation. Different letters indicate significant differences according to the Tuckey-test algorithm of the students range (α = 0.05). Five biological replicates were studied for each sample and one-way ANOVA was used for data analysis.