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Table 1 Starch, sucrose and glucose content in the leaves of wild-type and PHB-producing sugarcane and switchgrass plants

From: Factors affecting polyhydroxybutyrate accumulation in mesophyll cells of sugarcane and switchgrass

Species

ID

Starch (±SD)

Sucrose (±SD)

Glucose (±SD)

Switchgrass

WT

1.19 ± 0.34

3.16 ± 0.50

0.15 ± 0.01

LP

1.40 ± 0.52

2.83 ± 0.70

0.16 ± 0.04

MP1

0.83 ± 0.26

1.85 ± 0.24

0.16 ± 0.04

MP2

0.29 ± 0.06

2.08 ± 0.15

0.13 ± 0.01

HP

0.20 ± 0.07

1.58 ± 0.39

0.14 ± 0.02

Sugarcane

WT

2.15 ± 0.54

4.68 ± 0.53

0.72 ± 0.09

LP

2.03 ± 0.65

5.14 ± 0.91

0.77 ± 0.14

MP1

0.37 ± 0.20

2.27 ± 0.66

0.58 ± 0.13

MP2

0.15 ± 0.07

1.18 ± 0.07

0.14 ± 0.03

 

HP

0.14 ± 0.06

0.97 ± 0.14

0.09 ± 0.01

  1. Values are presented as a percentage of leaf dry weight ± standard deviation (n = 4). WT, wild type; LP, low producer (PHB ≤1% DW); MP, medium producer (PHB >1%, ≤2% DW); HP, high producer (PHB >2% DW).