BMC Plant Biology

Table 2 Compositional changes in the profile of small water-soluble carbohydrates (SWSC) and non-water-soluble carbohydrates (NWSC) in g/100 g throughout grain development

From:Synthesis and accumulation of amylase-trypsin inhibitors and changes in carbohydrate profile during grain development of bread wheat (Triticum aestivumL.)

Trait^a	Days after anthesis
Trait^a	7	11	14	18	25	33	39	46
SWSC	18.7^a	8.1^b	6.7^c	4.0^d	2.6^e	1.7^f	2.0^ef	1.7^f
GAL	0.05^a	0.03^b	0.03^c	0.02^d	0.02^d	0.02^e	0.01^f	0.01^f
GLU	4.82^a	2.36^b	1.70^c	1.09^d	0.61^e	0.07^f	0.05^f	0.05^f
FRU	8.13^a	2.94^b	2.05^c	1.31^d	0.68^de	0.08^e	0.05^e	0.05^e
SUC	0.09^c	0.09^c	0.09^c	0.05^c	0.06^c	0.59^b	0.72^a	0.68^a
RAF	0.24^c	0.19^cd	0.13^de	0.08^e	0.13^de	0.38^ab	0.42^a	0.32^b
STA	0.02^c	0.03^b	0.27^a	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
VER	2.50^a	1.29^b	1.09^c	0.53^d	0.07^e	0.02^e	0.01^e	0.01^e
MAL	1.49^a	0.65^d	0.92^b	0.58^d	0.76^c	0.32^f	0.44^e	0.31^f
FOS	1.33^a	0.55^b	0.40^c	0.34^c	0.28^c	0.22^c	0.28^c	0.28^c
NWSC	26.0^c	44.4^bc	69.1^ab	83.7^a	89.4^a	77.6^a	80.2^a	95.3^a
WU-GAL	0.50^a	0.38^ab	0.25^b	0.37^ab	0.43^ab	0.55^a	0.49^a	0.49^a
WU-AX	5.99^c	8.32^abc	11.9^ab	12.5^a	9.73^abc	7.90^bc	7.62^bc	7.44^c
ARA/XYL	1.04^a	0.75^a	0.49^a	0.54^a	0.60^a	0.83^a	0.79^a	0.69^a
STARCH	19.6^d	35.7^cd	57.0^bc	70.8^ab	79.3^ab	69.1^ab	72.1^ab	87.3^a

^aSWSCsmall water-soluble carbohydrates;GALgalactose;GLU葡萄糖;FRUfructose;SUCsucrose;RAFraffinose;STAstachyose;VERverbascose;MALmaltose;FOSshort-chain fructooligosaccharides (sum of GF2, GF3 and GF4);NWSCnon-water-soluble carbohydrates;WU-GALwater-unextractable galactose;WU-AXwater-unextractable arabinoxylans (sum of arabinose and xylose after acid hydrolysis);ARA/XYLarabinose/xylose ratio;STARCHstarch. Means denoted by a different letter indicate significant differences between sampling dates (p < 0.05)

Back to article page