Table 1.
Fresh harvested biomass, moisture content, total protein content, and ACE2 content of CTB-ACE2 plants grown at Fraunhofer and AeroFarms related to their age and growth condition
| Entity | Growth condition | Age (days) | Fresh weight/plant (g) | Total fresh biomass (kg) | Moisture content (%) | CTB-ACE2 expression (mg/g DW) ± SD | Total protein content (mg/g DW) ± SD | % CTB-ACE2 content/total protein content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraunhofer | standard | 58 | 110 | 23.8 | 5.6 | 8.8 ± 0.9 | 139.8 ± 4.2 | 6.3 |
| 90 | 224 | 48.4 | 10.9 | 5.7 ± 0.9 | 140.6 ± 6.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 107 | 111 | 24 | 7.4 | 13.5 ± 1.9 | 144.0 ± 7.6 | 9.4 | ||
| 120 | 46 | 10 | 6.98 | 17.2 ± 1.1 | 147.2 ± 6.0 | 11.7 | ||
| AeroFarms | tower 1 | 79 | 179 | 8.4 | 5.6–6.3 | 4.0 ± 0.8 | 92.9 ± 1.5 | 4.3 |
| 100 | 34 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 8.4 ± 0.1 | 95.3 ± 2.3 | 8.8 | ||
| tower 2 | 79 | 245 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 2.5 ± 0.6 | 104.1 ± 6.7 | 2.4 | |
| 100 | 158 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 ± 0.8 | 106.9 ± 5.6 | 5.0 | ||
| tower 3 | 79 | 245 | 9.8 | 6.5 | 2.6 ± 0.6 | 111.5 ± 6.8 | 2.3 | |
| 100 | 170 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 7.6 ± 0.5 | 128.6 ± 5.0 | 5.9 |
The values of CTB-ACE2 expression are mean ± SD (n = 3). The values for total leaf protein are the mean ± SD (n = 8).