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Table 2 Enzyme activities in different cultivars

From: 'Le Rouge et le Noir': A decline in flavone formation correlates with the rare color of black dahlia (Dahlia variabilis hort.) flowers

Cultivar

Colour

CHS

FHT

DFR nmol/s*kg fresh weight

FNS II

F3’H

White Alva

white

1.2 ± 0.1

1.8 ± 0.2

-

1.2 ± 0.13

1.8 ± 0.2

Rubens

yellow

4.1 ± 0.5

0.2 ± 0.0

-

2.1 ± 0.23

3.2 ± 0.4

Alva’s Supreme

yellow

1.7 ± 0.2

1.2 ± 0.1

-

2.0 ± 0.22

2.2 ± 0.3

Feuerschein

bright red

5.7 ± 0.6

3.0 ± 0.3

3.2 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.12

1.2 ± 0.1

Cheerio

red

5.0±0.6

1.5 ± 0.2

1.3 ± 0.2

1.4 ± 0.15

0.4 ± 0.1

Black Barbara

black

3.4 ± 0.4

3.1 ± 0.3

2.3 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.14

0.4 ± 0.1

Arabian Night

black

4.7 ± 0.5

2.8 ± 0.3

2.4 ± 0.3

0.3 ± 0.03

2.0 ± 0.2

Auroras Kiss

black

8.0 ± 0.9

3.0 ± 0.3

2.7 ± 0.3

0.1 ± 0.01

2.8 ± 0.3

Black Jack

black

4.9 ± 0.5

2.7 ± 0.3

2.1 ± 0.2

0.3 ± 0.03

2.8 ± 0.3

Chat Noir

black

9.8 ± 1.1

3.6 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.2

0.0 ± 0.00

3.6 ± 0.4

Charles de Gaulle

black

3.8 ± 0.4

2.2 ± 0.2

2.3 ± 0.3

0.3 ± 0.03

2.6 ± 0.3

Karma Choc

black

6.5 ± 0.7

2.7 ± 0.3

2.6 ± 0.3

0.2 ± 0.02

2.6 ± 0.3

Kenora Macop B

black

3.3 ± 0.4

2.2 ± 0.2

2.7 ± 0.3

0.1 ± 0.01

3.0 ± 0.3

Magic Night

black

3.4 ± 0.4

3.1 ± 0.3

2.6 ± 0.3

0.3 ± 0.04

3.0 ± 0.3

Meteor

black

3.0 ± 0.3

3.4 ± 0.4

2.7 ± 0.3

0.4 ± 0.04

2.4 ± 0.3

Nathal

black

2.0 ± 0.2

2.8 ± 0.3

2.2 ± 0.3

0.5 ± 0.05

3.5 ± 0.4

Negerkopf

black

4.3 ± 0.5

3.8 ± 0.4

3.0 ± 0.3

0.7 ± 0.07

2.6 ± 0.3

Stefanie Hertel

black

2.0 ± 0.2

2.4 ± 0.3

2.4 ± 0.3

0.5 ± 0.06

2.6 ± 0.3

Tisa

black

8.1 ± 0.9

3.5 ± 0.4

1.2 ± 0.1

0.1 ± 0.01

2.8 ± 0.3