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Table 1 Starch, sucrose and glucose contents in control and OCI-expressing potato tubers stored at 4 °C for 0, 36 or 48 weeks

From: Cereal cystatins delay sprouting and nutrient loss in tubers of potato, Solanum tuberosum

Sugar

Concentration (% fresh weight) 1

 

0 week (harvest)

36 weeks

48 weeks

 

K

K52

K53

K

K52

K53

K

K52

K53

Starch

14.8

14.6

14.3

11.8 a

14.1 b

13.8 b

6.28 A

7.87 B

8.40 B

Sucrose

0.20

0.19

0.20

0.45

0.29

0.30

1.33 A

0.57 B

0.71 B

Glucose

0.16

0.13

0.12

0.28

0.24

0.29

1.03

1.00

0.87

  1. 1Data are expressed as mean relative contents in flesh tissue of three tubers harvested from different plants. For each storage period, data with different letters on the same line are significantly different (post-anova Tukey’s test, P < 0.05)