Table 1.

Fruit assessment for average weight, firmness and soluble solids content (SSC) of WT and three independent transgenic lines of ‘Royal Gala’ at harvest and after 10 weeks in storage. Incidence of browning by percentage of flesh showing symptoms by visual observation.

Line	Weight (g)	Firmness (kgf)	SSC (°Brix)	IBFD (%) at harvest	IBFD (%) after 10 wks
WT	88.9 ± 9.5	10.5 ± 0.5	11.7 ± 0.4	0	0
A1	68.6 ± 7.7	9.0 ± 0.5	12.2 ± 0.2	0	67
A3	53.9 ± 6.1	9.1 ± 0.5	14.1 ± 0.4	0	23
A4	49.8 ± 5.3	13.1 ± 0.3	11.5 ± 0.3	16	60

Values are averages ± SEM.