Fig. 5

A The starch content in of mature grain in X11, X7 and X24. B The starch and soluble protein content in of mature grain in X11, X7 and X24, data shown as means ± SD of three biological replicates, asterisks indicate a significant difference based on a Dunnett’s test. * significant difference at 5% level (P < 0.05); ** significant difference at 1% level (P < 0.01). C DEG_HL involved in starch and sucrose metabolism at 8 DAH, 12 DAH and 16 DAH, which are shown as log₂Foldchange levels. DEG_HL were differentially expressed with statistical significance (P-value ≤ 0.05 and |Log₂foldchange(FC)|≥ 1)