Table 1 Yields and composition of cell wall material of fruitlet, expanding, mature and ripe ‘Royal Gala’ (RG) and ‘Scifresh’ (SF) apples
Stage | Fruitlet | Expanding | Mature | Ripe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 40 DAFB | 70 DAFB | 120/140 DAFB | 20Â weeks | ||||
Cultivar | RG | SF | RG | SF | RG | SF | RG | SF |
Yield cell wall material | 64.3 ± 5.3 | 51.2 ± 8.3 | 19.9 ± 2.2 | 20.4 ± 4.2 | 16.1 ± 3.6 | 17.1 ± 3.54 | 7.1 ± 2.9 | 9.4 ± 2.2 |
(mg g-1 FW ± SD) | ||||||||
Sugars (mg g-1 FW ± SD) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rha | 0.6 ± 0.05 | 0.4 ± 0.04 | 0.17 ± 0.01 | 0.13 ± 0.02 | 0.15 ± 0.02 | 0.12 ± 0.02 | trace | trace |
Fuc | 0.2 ± 0.02 | 0.2 ± 0.01 | trace | trace | trace | trace | trace | trace |
Ara | 5.1 ± 0.29 | 5.0 ± 0.3 | 1.5 ± 0.1 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | 1.2 ± 0.09 | 1.1 ± 0.05 | 0.3 ± 0.03 | 0.4 ± 0.02 |
Xyl | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.02 | 0.4 ± 0.07 | 0.4 ± 0.05 | 0.4 ± 0.04 | 0.5 ± 0.03 | 0.3 ± 0.02 | 0.3 ± 0.01 |
Man | 0.5 ± 0.03 | 0.7 ± 0.05 | 0.2 ± 0.02 | 0.2 ± 0.02 | 0.1 ± 0.02 | 0.1 ± 0.01 | trace | trace |
Gal | 5.5 ± 0.4 | 6.8 ± 0.5 | 2.3 ± 0.1 | 2.4 ± 0.4 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.7 ± 0.06 | 0.3 ± 0.01 | 0.6 ± 0.08 |
Glc | 0.7 ± 0.06 | 0.8 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.2 | 0.5 ± 0.02 | 0.3 ± 0.02 | 0.4 ± 0.13 | 0.14 ± 0.01 | 0.17 ± 0.02 |
UA | 13.4 ± 2.1 | 7.0 ± 2.2 | 4.0 ± 0.3 | 3.6 ± 0.4 | 3.3 ± 0.8 | 3.1 ± 0.22 | 1.5 ± 0.1 | 2.2 ± 0.2 |
Total non-cellulosic sugars | 26.8 ± 4.9 | 22.0 ± 2.4 | 9.0 ± 1.5 | 8.7 ± 1.7 | 6.6 ± 1.1 | 7.0 ± 0.48 | 2.6 ± 0.07 | 3.8 ± 0.08 |
C-Glc | 16.4 ± 3.3 | 11.7 ± 2.5 | 4.5 ± 0.5 | 6.0 ± 0.1 | 4.6 ± 0.4 | 5.3 ± 0.5 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | 2.6 ± 0.2 |