Cranberry fruit epicuticular wax benefits and identification of a wax-associated molecular marker

BMC Plant Biology

Table 1 Summary statistics for berry mass percent loss in high vs. low wax berries at each time point in controlled desiccation study

time point	wax^a	n^b	mean (min, max)^c	σ^d
6 days	HW	18	2.96 (1.06, 21.1)	4.64
	LW	18	4.84 (2.62, 11.0)	2.10
12 days	HW	18	4.47 (2.00, 22.2)	4.79
	LW	18	8.52 (4.43, 21.0)	4.21
18 days	HW	18	6.38 (3.07, 23.4)	5.10
	LW	18	13.1 (6.88, 32.5)	6.36
28 days	HW	18	9.50 (4.83, 25.4)	6.11
	LW	18	20.2 (10.4, 51.6)	10.10

Cranberries with high and low epicuticular wax were subjected to controlled desiccation in an incubator for 28 days. For each berry, mass (in grams) was measured at each time point (6,12,18, and 28 days), and mass percent loss was calculated
^awax– high wax (HW), low wax (LW)
^bnumber of individuals per group
^cmean, minimum, and maximum mass percent loss
^dstandard deviation

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