Table 4 Biochemical compounds in rind and pith of two internode sections in two synthetic varieties and their derivatives with lengthened or shortened length of the basal internode ring (LIBR)

EPS20_Rind

Large_LIBRC3

I1

0c

18976.7ab

4576.1a

116.1a

40.7bcde

6.8e

I2

0c

18308.1abc

4465.3a

99.7a

43.5ab

10.0cd

C0

I1

92.1b

19524.3a

5023.3a

154.1a

37.0f

5.8e

I2

0c

18829.2ab

4462.2a

129.8a

40.8bcde

12.5bc

Short_LIBRC3

I1

0c

17789.0bcd

4684.9a

123.8a

39.5cdef

6.4e

I2

0c

17905.1bcd

4401.0a

99.0a

44.3a

18.8a

EPS21_Rind

Large_LIBRC3

I1

217.2a

17675.6bcd

4457.9a

109.8a

38.8def

6.4e

I2

0c

16828.2d

3988.2a

96.8a

44.4a

14.6b

C0

I1

69.9b

18505.4abc

4893.8a

129.5a

38.2ef

5.6e

I2

0c

18869.3ab

4784.5a

111.4a

42.0abcd

10.9cd

Short_LIBRC3

I1

116.6b

17111.3cd

4584.1a

121.8a

39.5def

8.4de

I2

0c

18095.5bcd

4744.3a

113.3a

42.8abc

10.6cd

LSD

60.8

1422.8

3.2

2.8

EPS20_Pith

Large_LIBRC3

I1

0d

10493.2abcd

3710.1a

195.6d

20.7a

4.5a

I2

0d

10358.7bcd

3390.5a

295.9abc

17.6a

3.1a

C0

I1

50.2bc

10647.9abc

3878.0a

244.0cd

19.5a

2.2a

I2

0d

11717.4ab

3602.0a

294.5abc

19.6a

2.9a

Short_LIBRC3

I1

0d

10890.0abc

4062.8a

253.2bcd

21.0a

2.6a

I2

0d

11962.1a

3917.7a

362.2a

19.9a

4.6a

EPS21_Pith

Large_LIBRC3

I1

104.8a

9053.5de

3826.5a

272.8bc

21.6a

2.2a

I2

0d

10657.4abc

3077.0a

284.4bc

20.6a

3.8a

C0

I1

53.4b

9749.1cde

3047.1a

317.1ab

22.9a

2.4a

I2

0d

11376.3ab

3156.5a

232.0cd

18.5a

3.2a

Short_LIBRC3

I1

17.6cd

8556.7e

3686.1a

273.8bc

23.2a

3.3a

I2

0d

10447.8bcd

2955.0a

257.5bcd

19.6a

1.9a

LSD

34.3

1494.9

71.9