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Table 2 Akaloid concentration from plants grown in the field, young plants grown in the greenhouse, and flowering plants grown in the greenhouse

From: The impact of genome evolution on the allotetraploid Nicotiana rustica – an intriguing story of enhanced alkaloid production

 

Nicotine [mg/g]

Nornicotine [μg/g]

Anatabine [μg/g]

Nitrate [mg/g]

Asn [mg/g]

Gln [mg/g]

Asp [mg/g]

Glu [mg/g]

mean

stdev

mean

stdev

mean

stdev

mean

stdev

mean

stdev

mean

stdev

mean

stdev

mean

stdev

Field

N. rustica

Lower leaf

47.7

9.2

968.4

357.1

967.4

116.0

7.9

11.2

0.2

0.1

0.8

0.4

0.4

0.1

0.9

0.3

Upper leaf

34.4

15.5

576.1

276.9

529.0

263.8

3.5

2.7

0.3

0.2

2.0

1.5

0.5

0.1

1.1

0.3

Root

14.5

1.4

558.6

47.0

950.7

101.6

6.5

1.0

0.4

0.1

1.2

0.4

0.4

0.1

1.1

0.2

N. paniculata

Lower leaf

5.0

0.6

495.2

56.1

39.0

3.9

8.9

3.4

0.2

0.1

1.4

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.5

0.1

Upper leaf

4.2

1.0

515.5

162.9

29.4

6.2

4.9

2.6

0.4

0.1

4.8

1.6

0.5

0.2

0.6

0.1

Root

7.9

1.7

4424.5

1238.4

271.2

81.7

4.5

0.9

0.4

0.1

1.5

0.3

0.1

0.0

1.0

0.2

N. knightiana

Lower leaf

7.8

1.8

573.2

175.2

61.1

9.2

4.4

3.8

0.1

0.1

0.7

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.1

Upper leaf

2.7

0.4

203.6

17.2

18.1

3.2

1.6

1.0

0.2

0.1

1.6

0.6

0.4

0.1

1.0

0.2

Root

4.6

1.3

5061.3

1487.9

336.4

61.1

5.3

1.7

0.7

0.3

2.1

0.3

0.3

0.2

1.4

0.2

N. undulata

Lower leaf

7.3

1.2

464.6

151.1

49.3

10.8

23.5

11.9

0.1

0.1

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.7

0.3

Upper leaf

5.9

1.0

475.5

107.5

30.3

6.3

9.7

9.6

0.3

0.1

1.9

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.7

0.3

Root

16.8

2.2

2614.6

435.3

383.9

22.9

11.9

4.0

0.4

0.1

3.0

0.6

0.6

0.2

1.6

0.4

N. tabacum

Lower leaf

25.6

5.7

787.2

217.5

1041.8

271.0

1.3

1.0

0.1

0.0

0.6

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.6

0.1

Upper leaf

5.0

0.4

138.0

29.5

168.5

29.5

2.7

1.7

0.5

0.3

4.4

2.3

0.2

0.1

1.2

0.5

Root

11.1

1.5

823.1

130.2

1154.1

168.4

4.6

3.2

0.2

0.1

1.4

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.7

0.2

N. sylvestris

Lower leaf

10.7

1.9

1566.1

970.3

198.6

25.3

7.7

7.6

1.3

1.6

2.3

2.2

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.1

Upper leaf

3.9

1.2

643.2

496.0

91.9

49.5

3.7

3.2

3.3

3.0

4.8

3.9

0.4

0.3

0.7

0.2

Root

13.8

1.7

878.7

130.0

1355.1

320.8

8.8

2.5

0.8

0.4

2.1

0.7

0.2

0.1

0.8

0.3

N. tomentosiformis

Lower leaf

0.0

0.0

783.9

96.8

131.1

24.3

0.8

1.0

0.2

0.1

0.8

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.5

0.2

Upper leaf

0.0

0.0

435.2

66.1

65.1

17.1

2.0

2.2

0.3

0.1

0.8

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.8

0.2

Root

3.5

0.3

1173.9

161.7

1703.1

62.0

6.8

3.6

0.5

0.2

1.8

0.3

0.3

0.1

1.3

0.2

Greenhouse -- young plants

N. rustica

Lower leaf

15.1

2.1

201.8

46.9

235.5

117.0

31.1

1.7

0.3

0.1

0.8

0.1

0.8

0.2

1.6

0.2

Upper leaf

27.0

5.0

304.9

41.4

173.4

44.1

13.6

4.3

0.6

0.1

2.2

0.6

1.2

0.1

2.1

0.2

Root

7.2

1.0

240.4

41.0

421.3

122.0

11.3

3.0

0.3

0.0

0.5

0.0

2.0

0.2

0.8

0.1

N. paniculata

Lower leaf

4.5

0.4

702.4

220.7

92.2

122.6

52.4

19.2

0.3

0.2

2.0

0.6

0.6

0.2

1.4

0.3

Upper leaf

4.7

1.1

629.4

152.5

11.3

9.3

23.4

9.5

0.2

0.1

3.4

1.3

1.1

0.4

2.2

0.4

Root

5.5

0.9

3543.3

1117.7

67.5

43.1

10.3

2.7

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.0

1.2

0.3

0.8

0.1

N. knightiana

Lower leaf

8.2

2.3

430.4

155.6

66.4

20.6

9.3

6.4

0.1

0.0

1.1

0.2

0.5

0.1

1.1

0.2

Upper leaf

7.6

3.1

536.8

244.9

19.3

9.4

3.6

2.8

0.1

0.0

1.3

0.3

0.7

0.1

2.0

0.2

Root

6.7

0.9

2861.5

783.4

155.9

15.5

5.1

1.4

0.6

0.2

0.2

0.0

2.7

0.2

0.9

0.1

N. undulata

Lower leaf

5.0

2.1

84.3

37.4

52.6

27.2

74.0

33.3

0.1

0.0

1.8

1.2

0.3

0.1

1.0

0.3

Upper leaf

10.6

6.1

187.4

96.2

78.1

32.3

20.7

7.6

2.2

3.0

3.8

0.9

0.9

0.1

2.6

0.8

Root

5.6

2.2

682.1

230.8

371.6

180.9

12.2

2.0

0.1

0.0

0.4

0.1

1.9

1.1

1.0

0.3

N. tabacum

Lower leaf

10.8

2.1

289.0

64.9

350.8

44.3

1.0

0.7

0.1

0.0

0.6

0.1

0.3

0.0

1.5

0.2

Upper leaf

6.1

1.2

166.6

29.9

129.4

31.9

2.5

0.6

0.2

0.0

3.5

0.4

0.9

0.1

2.0

0.2

Root

4.0

0.4

244.7

34.4

292.2

21.2

2.8

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.0

1.4

0.3

0.5

0.1

N. sylvestris

Lower leaf

6.3

1.3

225.6

154.5

35.6

9.3

7.8

5.9

0.1

0.0

0.8

0.6

0.2

0.1

0.6

0.2

Upper leaf

4.7

0.8

128.5

40.1

34.2

7.4

6.1

2.1

0.1

0.0

2.5

0.5

0.7

0.2

1.3

0.2

Root

8.1

1.4

777.7

218.9

360.5

32.0

4.0

1.3

0.1

0.0

0.3

0.1

1.5

0.5

0.8

0.1

N. tomentosiformis

Lower leaf

0.0

0.0

770.2

176.8

140.4

30.3

1.2

1.9

0.2

0.0

1.3

0.4

0.6

0.1

1.3

0.4

Upper leaf

0.0

0.0

450.1

159.0

77.0

25.5

2.5

1.6

0.4

0.1

5.3

0.9

1.4

0.2

1.6

0.2

Root

1.7

0.5

352.2

101.6

639.2

129.3

6.2

1.7

0.7

0.2

0.5

0.1

2.4

0.4

1.0

0.2

Greenhouse -- flowering plants

N. rustica

Lower leaf

24.7

8.6

400.6

418.9

571.5

338.2

34.7

6.0

0.6

1.0

1.2

0.5

0.6

0.4

1.9

0.8

Upper leaf

30.5

9.5

448.5

72.8

642.6

417.4

32.7

7.2

0.4

0.5

1.5

0.2

0.7

0.3

1.4

0.4

Root

7.8

2.5

313.9

99.4

514.4

109.1

9.9

4.7

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.1

1.4

0.6

0.8

0.2

Flower

5.8

4.6

193.8

41.9

68.3

44.9

1.1

0.5

1.6

1.3

1.3

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.7

0.1

N. paniculata

Lower leaf

6.4

3.7

747.6

449.5

134.4

204.9

50.7

18.6

0.1

0.0

1.1

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.7

0.4

Upper leaf

2.0

0.8

221.7

88.9

0.0

0.0

38.0

8.9

0.3

0.2

3.2

2.1

1.5

0.7

2.3

0.3

Root

5.4

2.2

3620.3

1363.9

67.0

35.5

4.9

1.3

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.0

1.0

0.3

0.5

0.1

Flower

1.8

0.8

162.5

78.3

0.0

0.0

2.0

0.8

2.5

0.7

6.6

2.8

0.5

0.1

1.4

0.2

    N. knightiana

Lower leaf

6.8

0.9

264.7

76.4

122.7

15.3

10.1

3.8

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.1

1.3

0.5

Upper leaf

4.4

1.1

314.3

95.7

30.9

38.9

13.3

4.1

0.2

0.1

1.0

0.1

1.4

0.5

2.0

0.5

Root

7.5

1.8

5199.8

1522.4

289.1

117.1

5.8

1.4

1.0

0.5

0.2

0.2

2.2

0.7

0.7

0.3

Flower

0.9

0.4

26.7

10.3

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.3

1.7

0.4

5.0

1.8

0.5

0.2

1.2

0.3

N. undulata

Lower leaf

16.3

5.7

650.0

207.5

258.9

174.3

18.9

12.2

0.1

0.1

0.6

0.2

0.5

0.1

1.0

0.1

Upper leaf

9.4

0.3

702.9

360.1

77.3

48.7

6.5

1.7

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.6

0.1

0.9

0.1

Root

7.6

2.3

2112.3

1042.3

379.9

212.2

17.4

2.4

0.6

0.0

0.8

0.3

3.0

0.6

1.0

0.4

Flower

0.3

0.1

70.3

5.4

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.1

1.9

0.5

8.3

2.4

1.6

0.2

1.1

0.4

N. tabacum

Lower leaf

10.0

2.6

323.5

67.6

429.9

90.2

1.7

0.9

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.1

0.4

0.1

1.1

0.2

Upper leaf

8.2

1.9

251.5

79.4

290.1

77.7

3.9

2.0

0.1

0.0

0.8

0.1

0.9

0.1

2.2

0.6

Root

4.8

0.4

425.1

53.6

380.9

34.0

1.6

0.4

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.0

1.3

0.3

0.3

0.1

Flower

2.1

0.3

65.6

29.1

36.5

8.3

7.5

1.2

10.7

1.8

14.5

3.2

1.2

0.1

1.4

0.2

N. sylvestris

Lower leaf

4.1

0.3

178.3

38.1

31.0

10.1

12.6

6.3

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.5

0.3

Upper leaf

2.6

0.3

79.8

25.6

45.2

17.1

19.2

9.5

0.1

0.0

0.4

0.1

0.5

0.1

0.6

0.1

Root

7.4

1.4

653.8

184.9

726.2

132.6

5.2

1.5

0.9

0.1

0.4

0.1

4.4

0.9

0.6

0.1

Flower

0.2

0.2

5.9

4.3

0.0

0.0

3.0

0.7

2.6

0.4

7.2

0.5

0.7

0.1

0.6

0.1

N. tomentosiformis

Lower leaf

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

331.2

135.1

7.0

2.1

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.2

1.2

0.3

1.2

0.3

Upper leaf

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

129.2

66.5

14.7

3.6

1.5

0.9

1.9

0.5

1.8

0.5

1.6

0.3

Root

0.8

0.3

1719.7

763.5

849.9

224.8

9.2

2.0

7.0

1.0

0.6

0.2

9.5

1.9

1.1

0.3

Flower

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.8

0.0

1.1

0.6

9.8

3.5

9.3

2.7

1.1

0.1

2.3

0.1