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Table 1 Number of cotyledonary somatic embryos (per 300 mg of cells initially inoculated), percentage of dry matter (DM) and the protein content in embryogenic cultures of the C. papaya hybrid UENF/CALIMAN01 after 42 days of incubation under the different maturation treatments

From: Comparative proteomic analysis of somatic embryo maturation in Carica papaya L.

Variables

PEG (%)

0

3

6

9

NSE

15.0 b*

20.0 b

40.0 a

23.0 b

DM (%)

11.0 b

12.9 b

16.2 a

17.1 a

Protein (mg/g DM)

50.7 a

49.8 a

62.2 a

2.0 b

  1. *Means followed by the same letters are not significantly different according to the SNK test (P < 0.05). NSE: C.V.(%) = 26.7, n = 4; DM: C.V.(%) = 9.9, n = 4; Protein (mg/g DM): C.V.(%) = 18.3, n = 3. PEG - polyethylene glycol; DM - dry matter; NSE - number of somatic embryos.