Table 3.

Carotenoid concentrations of yellow-flesh peach with different fruit developmental periods.

Carotenoid	Fruit Development Period (d)
	Short	Middle	Long
Lutein	0.25 ± 0.05 a	0.26 ± 0.05 a	0.28 ± 0.06 a
Zeaxanthin	2.25 ± 1.37 a	1.81 ± 1.15 ab	1.10 ± 0.58 b
β-cryptoxanthin	0.56 ± 0.46 a	0.49 ± 0.31 a	0.38 ± 0.1 b
α-carotene	0.45 ± 0.26 a	0.44 ± 0.28 a	0.42 ± 0.17 a
β-carotene	4.91 ± 1.94 b	5.78 ± 2.84 a	6.18 ± 3.01 a
Total carotenoids	8.44 ± 2.97 a	8.76 ± 3.61 a	8.36 ± 3.53 a

Note: Data showed the mean from samples in 2019. Different letters indicate significant differences at p < 0.05.