Table 1

Carotenoid concentrations (μg/100 g FW) of the white and yellow tuber bulks and parental clones

μg/100 g FW

Lutein

Zeaxanthin

Violaxanthin

Violaxanthin-like


White Bulk 1 (W1)

52 ± 1a

31 ± <1

6 ± 1

10 ± <1

White Bulk 2 (W2)

53 ± 6

59 ± 10

7 ± <1

11 ± <1

Yellow Bulk 1 (W1)

38 ± <1

187 ± 17

14 ± 1

60 ± 5

Yellow Bulk 2 (W2)

38 ± 3

245 ± 15

Ndb

36 ± 4

C parent

62 ± 5

19 ± 4

19 ± 1

110 ± 6

E parent

29 ± 2

2 ± <1

8 ± 1

12 ± <1


a Standard deviation is based on two technical repeats for the bulks and three repeats for the parental clones

b Nd - Below detection limit

Kloosterman et al. BMC Genomics 2010 11:158   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-11-158

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