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. 2018 Jun 11;13(6):e0198885. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198885

Table 3. Effect of low temperature on carbohydrate content in leaves of two zoysiagrass genotypes.

Treatments Genotypes Carbohydrates content (mg/g DW)
Sucrose Glucose Fructose Trehalose Fructan Starch TSS
Optimum Latitude 40 8.3±0.56 a 23.5±0.34 a 7.6±0.86 a 3.5±0.43 a 45.3±3.75 a 72.5±5.64 a 52.3±4.31 a
Latitude 22 8.5±0.76 a 22.4±0.29 a 7.9±0.49 a 2.9±0.38 a 42.3±3.02 a 73.7±6.35 a 50.5±3.45 a
Suboptimum Latitude 40 25.6±3.21 a 28.5±3.21 a 12.5±1.58 a 16.5±1.97 a 68.5±5.34 a 93.5±6.34 a 95.1±5.64 a
Latitude 22 15.6±2.14 b 25.3±2.12 a 8.6±1.34 b 6.5±1.12 b 47.6±3.78 b 79.3±5.31 b 68.3±4.31 b
Chilling Latitude 40 58.6±5.31 a 38.6±2.98 a 25.3±1.78 a 25.7±1.71 a 94.5±6.78 a 113.4±8.64 a 153.1±8.64 a
Latitude 22 32.5±4.12 b 28.5±3.45 b 15.4±1.13 b 12.5±1.35 b 68.3±4.58 b 92.1±9.31 b 98.3±7.61 b
Freezing Latitude 40 65.4±5.34 a 42.3±3.42 a 34.1±2.12 a 52.1±3.97 a 110.5±7.34 a 62.5±4.36 b 210.2±9.31 a
Latitude 22 45.3±3.98 b 32.1±2.97 b 22.1±1.97 b 21.2±4.31 b 88.4±4.31 b 93.5±6.84 a 143.5±9.84 b

Note: Means followed by the same lower-case letters in a column within a temperature treatment indicated no significant difference between two genotypes at P<0.05.