TABLE 4.
Lignin and total phenolic content in different cultivars of Cucurbita pepo seedlings after inoculation with Podosphaera xanthii.
| Cultivars | Treatments |
Days post inoculation (dpi) |
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| 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | ||
| Lignin content (% of cell wall dry weight) | ||||||||
| Sixing F1 | Treatment | 2.56 a | 2.89 a | 3.28 a | 5.08 a | 6.56 a | 6.52 a | 6.13 a |
| Control | 2.43 b | 2.78 b | 3.09 b | 4.25 b | 5.34 b | 5.45 b | 5.25 b | |
| Jin12 F1 | Treatment | 2.12 c | 2.24 c | 2.67 c | 3.11 c | 3.98 c | 4.02 c | 3.96 c |
| Control | 2.01 c | 2.15 c | 2.48 d | 2.81 d | 3.51 d | 3.61 d | 3.74 d | |
| Total phenolics content (mg g−1 FW) | ||||||||
| Sixing F1 | Treatment | 3.62 a | 3.85 a | 3.98 a | 4.29 a | 4.79 a | 4.81 a | 4.25 a |
| Control | 3.35 b | 3.42 b | 3.62 b | 3.98 b | 4.02 b | 3.91 c | 4.06 b | |
| Jin12 F1 | Treatment | 3.34 b | 3.57 b | 3.72 b | 3.89 b | 4.21 b | 4.33 b | 3.98 bc |
| Control | 3.01 c | 3.12 c | 3.23 c | 3.45 c | 3.64 c | 3.56 d | 3.54 c | |
Data are means of 12 replicates. The different letters and treatments are detailed in the footnote of Table 2.