Table 4.

Ascorbate and dehydroascorbate levels in orange fruit pericarp of transgenic lines and WT.

	Reduced AsA (mg/100gfwt)	SE	p	DHA (mg/100gfwt)	SE	p
WT	15.46	1.30	a	2.71	1.39	ab
AO	18.99	1.97	ab	4.73	1.32	a
GLD	19.19	0.65	ab	2.83	0.97	ab
MDHAR	21.72	1.05	b	0	0.68	b

Ascorbate and dehydroascorbate were assayed in the pericarp tissue (3 biological replicates of 30 fruits per pool) of the lines by a spectrophotometric method. Measurements show means with standard error (SE). A comparison of means was carried out using a Kruskal Wallis test with correction (Dunn). Different letters indicate significant differences (5% significance level).