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Table 1 Plasmodesmal densities (PDDs) between different cells of the phloem during fruit developmental stages I to V

From: Systematic analysis of the sugar accumulation mechanism in sucrose- and hexose- accumulating cherry tomato fruits

Genotype

Developmental stages

SE/CC

SE/PC

CC/PC

PC/PC

S

I

0.90 ± 0.10

0.10 ± 0.02

0.26 ± 0.04

0.28 ± 0.06

II

0.66 ± 0.06

0.26 ± 0.04

0.92 ± 0.13

0.82 ± 0.51

III

0.60 ± 0.08

0.28 ± 0.04

0.20 ± 0.05

0.24 ± 0.06

IV

0.75 ± 0.11

0.20 ± 0.05

0.12 ± 0.03

1.05 ± 0.25

V

0.84 ± 0.10

0.17 ± 0.02

0.10 ± 0.02

1.62 ± 0.07

H

I

0.93 ± 0.11

0.14 ± 0.01

0.69 ± 0.20

0.68 ± 0.34

II

0.64 ± 0.07

0.08 ± 0.02

0.45 ± 0.08

0.61 ± 0.01

III

0.48 ± 0.07

0.18 ± 0.04

0.78 ± 0.08

0.57 ± 0.13

IV

0.95 ± 0.13

0.03 ± 0.01

0.00 ± 0.00

0.53 ± 0.06

V

0.78 ± 0.09

0.03 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.02

0.51 ± 0.17

  1. Units of PDD, number of plasmodesmata μm-1 cell length. Each value is the mean ± standard deviation of 30 replicates for PDD. Abbreviations: SE sieve element, CC companion cell, PC phloem parenchyma cell, PDD plasmodesmal density, H hexose-accumulating cherry tomato, S sucrose-accumulating cherry tomato