Table 3.

Effect of boron deprivation on uronic acid, KDO, and DM of CDTA-soluble pectin and Na₂CO₃-soluble pectin in cell wall.

	CDTA-soluble pectin		Na2CO3-soluble pectin
	CK	-B	CK	-B
Uronic acid %	6.42a∗ ± 0.25	5.22a± 0.15	22.06a± 0.59	14.84b± 1.67
KDO%	8.79a± 0.79	6.92b± 0.54	13.66a± 1.60	9.30b± 0.25
DM%	17.30b± 1.18	31.88a± 2.18	15.40a± 0.50	16.35a± 1.34

^∗Values are means of four replicates ±SD. Rows with different letters (a, b) are significantly different using the T-test (n = 6, P < 0.05).