Table 2.
Carotenoid contents of the flowers of AC (WT) and the CRISPR–Cas9-generated SlIDI1 mutant
| Tissue | Genotype | Phytoene | β-carotene | Lutein | Violaxanthin | Neoxanthin | Zeaxanthin | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| petal | AC (WT) | 0.96 ± 0.26 a | 12.53 ± 1.15 a | 17.66 ± 2.28 a | 98.36 ± 8.98 a | 262.56 ± 17.91 a | 7.62 ± 0.88 a | 399.13 ± 29.48 a | |||||||
| CR-Slidi1 #1 | 0.78 ± 0.32 a | 16.54 ± 2.93 b | 11.96 ± 1.26 b | 53.31 ± 6.34 b | 113.39 ± 9.07 b | 4.36 ± 0.95 b | 200.79 ± 17.83 b | ||||||||
| anther | AC (WT) | 0.79 ± 0.18 a | 10.32 ± 1.89 a | 15.66 ± 2.28 a | 114.36 ± 18.92 a | 182.56 ± 20.93 a | 5.62 ± 1.84 a | 329.96 ± 34.46 a | |||||||
| CR-Slidi1 #1 | 0.85 ± 0.10 a | 13.24 ± 1.95 a | 8.96 ± 1.26 b | 63.31 ± 6.34 b | 88.39 ± 8.01 b | 4.36 ± 0.66 a | 177.46 ± 16.32 b |
Note: The data represent the mean (μg g−1 fresh weight) ± SD from five biological replicates. The mean values were compared between wild-type AC and the CR-Slidi1 #1 mutant, with different lowercase letters indicating significant differences (P < 0.05, Student’s t-test)