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Table 2 Cuticular wax composition of wild-type, mutant and DH line

From: A novel dominant glossy mutation causes suppression of wax biosynthesis pathway and deficiency of cuticular wax in Brassica napus

Line

Total

Alkanes

Wax esters

Ketones

Aldehydes

Secondary alcohols

Fatty acids

Primary alcohols

Wide-type

29.4 ± 0.4

16.2 ± 0.5

0.6 ± 0.2

7.8 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.5

2.8 ± 0.5

0.3 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.2

Glossy mutant

3.2 ± 0.4

-

0.1 ± 0.0

-

2.7 ± 0.4

-

0.2 ± 0.0

0.3 ± 0.0

DH line-2

27.4 ± 3.7

13.9 ± 0.4

0.7 ± 0.4

5.9 ± 2.3

1.7 ± 0.4

4.1 + 1.1

0.2 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.4

DH line-7

6.4 ± 2.0

-

0.3 ± 0.1

-

4.9 ± 1.3

-

0.7 ± 0.4

0.5 ± 0.4

  1. Total wax content and coverage of individual compound classes (μg/cm2) were given as mean values ± SE (n = 3). “-” and 0.0 denote values that were below 0.05 μg/cm2.