TABLE 1.
Carotenoid contents of four accessions throughout fruit development and ripening.
| Accessions | Stages | Chlorophyll contents (μg/ml) | Carotenoid contents (μg/g DW) | |||||||||
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| Chlorophyll a | Chlorophyll b | Total chlorophylls | Capsanthin | Capsorubin | Lutein | Zeaxanthin | β -cryptoxanthin | β -carotene | α -carotene | Total carotenoids | ||
| 3501 | FS+10 | 30.91 | 22.86 | 53.77 | - | - | 162.7 | 1.2 | - | 62.8 | - | 226.6 |
| FS+20 | 29.12 | 31.85 | 60.97 | - | - | 91.4 | 1.3 | - | 34.9 | - | 127.6 | |
| MG | 30.07 | 31.27 | 61.34 | - | - | 115.9 | 9.7 | - | 43.6 | 7.6 | 176.8 | |
| BR | 27.84 | 33.25 | 61.09 | 69.6 | - | 56.4 | 51.9 | - | 48.3 | - | 226.3 | |
| BR+5 | 23.53 | 20.99 | 44.51 | 152.1 | - | 31.3 | 92.4 | 9.4 | - | - | 285.2 | |
| BR+10 | 21.99 | 25.30 | 47.30 | 439.6 | 18.6 | 30.9 | 338.4 | 44.0 | - | - | 871.4 | |
| FR | 11.54 | 21.68 | 33.21 | 794.9 | 22.7 | 50.8 | 239.4 | 31.4 | 134.5 | - | 1,273.8 | |
| 3509 | FS+10 | 22.18 | 16.34 | 38.52 | - | - | 100.7 | 1.0 | - | 29.9 | - | 131.6 |
| FS+20 | 26.21 | 29.00 | 55.21 | - | - | 73.7 | 1.2 | - | 24.7 | - | 99.7 | |
| MG | 18.45 | 22.71 | 41.16 | - | - | 51.5 | 2.8 | - | 14.3 | - | 68.6 | |
| BR | 21.36 | 22.91 | 44.28 | 36.0 | - | 35.1 | 15.7 | - | 24.5 | - | 111.2 | |
| BR+5 | 21.89 | 32.06 | 53.95 | 46.8 | - | 19.3 | 29.7 | - | - | - | 95.8 | |
| BR+10 | 9.52 | 16.94 | 26.46 | 227.2 | 9.7 | 17.8 | 84.7 | 14.6 | - | - | 354.0 | |
| FR | 7.94 | 16.26 | 24.20 | 304.7 | 7.1 | 13.7 | 48.4 | 14.8 | - | - | 388.7 | |
| Long Sweet | FS+10 | 14.27 | 17.31 | 31.58 | - | - | 55.1 | 0.3 | - | 19.4 | - | 74.8 |
| FS+20 | 14.68 | 25.79 | 40.47 | - | - | 15.9 | 0.6 | - | - | - | 16.5 | |
| MG | 8.53 | 14.39 | 22.92 | - | - | 12.8 | 0.3 | - | - | - | 13.2 | |
| BR | 10.51 | 20.61 | 31.11 | - | - | 4.4 | 0.6 | - | - | - | 5.0 | |
| BR+5 | 12.30 | 23.04 | 35.34 | 21.5 | - | 5.0 | 2.9 | - | - | - | 29.3 | |
| BR+10 | 10.88 | 21.05 | 31.92 | 93.2 | - | 8.0 | 15.4 | - | - | - | 116.6 | |
| FR | 10.86 | 23.13 | 33.99 | 185.1 | - | 21.9 | 98.4 | 77.7 | 138.1 | - | 521.2 | |
| AC2212 | FS+10 | 28.55 | 56.38 | 84.93 | - | - | 574.3 | - | 83.5 | 216.1 | 109.1 | 983.1 |
| FS+20 | 25.03 | 51.84 | 76.87 | - | - | 428.3 | - | 60.0 | 173.5 | 81.0 | 742.8 | |
| MG | 27.62 | 58.24 | 85.87 | - | - | 342.2 | - | 74.0 | 165.9 | 95.6 | 677.7 | |
| BR | 26.35 | 51.85 | 78.19 | 239.0 | - | 152.1 | 92.7 | 66.8 | 127.6 | 69.3 | 747.4 | |
| BR+5 | 31.30 | 47.94 | 79.24 | 894.3 | - | 145.4 | 148.4 | 85.3 | 204.6 | 76.4 | 1,554.5 | |
| BR+10 | 24.64 | 49.55 | 74.19 | 1,218.5 | - | 156.1 | 212.9 | 112.3 | 275.1 | 76.7 | 2,051.5 | |
| FR | 25.75 | 47.60 | 73.35 | 700.6 | - | 124.6 | 219.3 | 109.9 | 282.5 | 72.4 | 1,509.4 | |
FS, fruit set, MG, mature green, BR, breaker stage, FR, full red color fruit. Units of chlorophyll and carotenoid contents are μg/ml and μg/g DW, respectively.