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Table 1 Content of monosaccharides and plant pigments during different stages of O. robiniae gall formation

From: A broad spectrum of host plant responses to the actions of the gall midge: case study of Robinia pseudoacacia L. and Obolodiplosis robiniae (Haldeman)

Content of monosaccharides [mg g− 1 FW] and plant pigments [μg g− 1 FW]

Controls and plants with different stage of gall formation

Global control

Internal control

Young gall

Mature gall

Aging gall

Monosaccharides

8,7 ± 1,02b

10,68 ± 1,3a

6,47 ± 1,14c

5,13 ± 0,68d

4,15 ± 0,9e

Chlorophyllide a

16.25 ± 2.21a

15.36 ± 1.84b

8.73 ± 3.91c

8.27 ± 2.06c

4.47 ± 1.82d

Chlorophyllide b

10.18 ± 6.74a

4.44 ± 0.29b

3.41 ± 1.72c

4.94 ± 0.2b

1.42 ± 0.36d

Chlorophyll a

519.39 ± 66.95a

497.53 ± 22.17b

482.36 ± 31.04b

143.56 ± 21.53d

183.73 ± 11.35c

Chlorophyll b

164.09 ± 17.56a

152.32 ± 15.49a

115.39 ± 10.05b

54.31 ± 12.35c

90.76 ± 8.46b

α-Carotene

11.76 ± 4.21b

13.24 ± 0.43b

6.55 ± 0.41c

5.22 ± 0.76d

17.32 ± 2.88a

β-Carotene

30.09 ± 5.92c

46.40 ± 5.28b

23.66 ± 4.11d

26.72 ± 2.54d

55.95 ± 7.54a

Astaxanthin

4.56 ± 0.99c

4.11 ± 1.08c

6.54 ± 1.12b

5.99 ± 0.67b

9.62 ± 1.38a

Neoxanthin

3.85 ± 0.28c

2.34 ± 0.59d

3.77 ± 1.03c

4.58 ± 0.17b

5.22 ± 0.44a

Cryptoxanthin

6.96 ± 0.77c

7.57 ± 0.55c

8.98 ± 0.76b

12.15 ± 0.78a

13.66 ± 1.63a

Lutein

2.74 ± 0.33c

2.68 ± 0.15c

2.36 ± 0.44d

3.93 ± 0.22b

4.65 ± 0.43a

Violaxanthin

20.72 ± 1.35c

22.75 ± 3.27c

25.35 ± 4.48b

23.91 ± 3.44b

35.77 ± 2.11a

Zeaxanthin

31.48 ± 2.56d

35.37 ± 3.32c

36.77 ± 3.33c

46.17 ± 2.11b

50.22 ± 1.47a

  1. Data are the means of three independent experiments ± SE. Treatment with at least one letter the same are not significantly different according to Duncan post-hoc test, p < 0.05