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Screening of Lycopene-rich Germplasms using Microplate Method in Watermelon (Citrullus Lanatus (thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai)


Published online: February 28, 2014

Vegetable Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, 475 Imok-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 440-706, Korea

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• Received: October 24, 2013   • Revised: February 13, 2014   • Accepted: February 20, 2014

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Screening of Lycopene-rich Germplasms using Microplate Method in Watermelon (Citrullus Lanatus (thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai)
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Fig. 1. Comparison of measurement value using lycopene standard curve to verify the accuracy of microplate method. Microplate (a), HPTLC (b), correlation analysis between Microplate and HPTLC (c).
Fig. 2. Selected watermelon germplasms with high Lycopene content in this study.
Screening of Lycopene-rich Germplasms using Microplate Method in Watermelon (Citrullus Lanatus (thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai)

Content of lycopene using microplate method in watermelon inbred line

Accession Lycopene (μg/g FW)z Accession Lycopene (μg/g FW) Accession Lycopene (μg/g FW)

12WG116 98.3 a - 12WG122 35.0 eu - 12CV004 11.3 nv ±12.0
12WG057 85.9 ab ±2.4 12CV003 33.8 eu ±50.9 12CV007 10.8 ov ±6.5
12WG045 70.1 bc - 12WG067 32.5 ev ±9.9 12WG097 10.6 ov ±18.4
12WG113 68.9 bd ±6.9 12WG053 32.1 ev ±0.4 12WG038 9.6 pv ±5.6
12WG028 64.4 bd ±25.6 12WG017 31.5 fv ±7.1 12WG043 8.6 qv ±2.7
12WG110 61.9 bf ±23.2 12WG063 29.8 fv ±20.4 12CV008 4.6 sv ±2.1
12WG117 61.0 bg ±30.5 12WG010 29.6 fv - 12WG077 4.6 tv ±3.2
12WG037 52.7 ch ±23.5 12WG004 29.6 fv ±6.2 12WG014 3.2 uv ±1.2
12WG068 50.2 ci ±30.1 12WG013 29.3 fv ±17.7 12WG001 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG112 48.6 cj - 12WG015 29.2 fv ±7.7 12WG003 0.0 v -
12WG026 47.4 ck ±28.5 12WG064 29.1 fv ±4.7 12WG006 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG111 47.0 ck ±21.4 12WG115 28.5 gv ±23.1 12WG007 0.0 v -
12WG118 45.8 cl - 12WG086 28.1 gv ±23.7 12WG009 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG029 44.8 cm ±5.7 12WG035 27.7 hv ±5.3 12WG012 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG061 44.8 cm ±1.5 12WG052 27.5 hv ±11.2 12WG031 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG120 44.5 cn - 12WG020 25.1 hv ±5.5 12WG044 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG046 43.1 co ±19.8 12WG107 23.3 hv ±13.0 12WG049 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG062 42.2 cp ±18.7 12WG039 21.7 hv ±12.4 12WG050 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG022 42.0 cp ±14.4 12WG072 20.9 hv ±27.2 12WG054 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG024 41.1 cq ±14.4 12WG040 19.3 iv - 12WG055 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG034 40.8 cq ±28.4 12WG104 17.5 iv ±11.8 12WG060 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG019 40.6 cq ±10.3 12WG008 17.3 iv ±11.7 12WG073 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG002 40.3 cq ±14.0 12WG042 17.0 iv ±2.9 12WG075 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG030 39.2 cq ±7.2 12CV016 16.7 jv - 12WG078 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG027 38.9 cq ±35.4 12WG082 15.0 kv ±3.0 12WG079 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG065 38.9 cq ±15.2 12WG069 15.0 kv ±3.6 12WG084 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG047 38.4 cq ±10.6 12CV006 12.9 lv ±10.1 12WG085 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG066 38.3 cr ±10.2 12WG041 12.5 mv ±7.7 12WG096 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG018 37.8 cs ±9.2 12WG011 12.3 mv ±14.4 12WG100 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG023 37.7 ct ±3.8 12WG025 12.1 mv ±10.3 12WG105 0.0 v ±0.0
12WG036 37.1 dt ±9.2 12WG048 11.8 mv ±5.6 Speedplus 10.3 ov ±2.8
12WG080 36.5 dt ±8.5 12WG005 11.6 mv ±23.1 Sambokggul 5.1 rv ±5.7
12WG106 35.2 eu ±37.3 12WG058 11.4 nv ±5.5

DMRT = 0.05 level, The values given indicate mean (standard deviation).

Lycopene content and horticultural characteristics of selected lines in watermelon

Accession Lycopene content Fruit weight Fruit length Fruit width Pericarp Thickness Sweetness color of fruit flesh Pericarp colorz
(μg/g FW) (kg) (cm) (cm) (mm) (°Brix)

12WG024-6 60.5 2.3 df 16.0 de 15.9 be 9.0 bf 10.6 ab red 5
12WG026-4 67.5 2.8 ce 16.5 de 18.4 ac 12.5 ad 7.9 ac pale red 5
12WG027-1 63.9 2.2 df 24.5 ab 14.8 bf 15.0 a 8.5 ac pale red 5
12WG028-1 96.6 4.0 c 19.4 be 20.0 ab 12.7 ad 8.9 ac red 5
12WG028-5 71.3
12WG034-7 70.5 5.3 b 22.7 ac 19.0 ac 13.7 ab 9.7 ab red 5
12WG037-3 72.9 2.3 df 14.9 de 15.8 be 8.3 bf 5.9 c red 5
12WG045-6 70.1 3.4 cd 20.3 bd 19.9 ab 10.0 af 8.8 ac red 5
12WG057-4 85.7
12WG057-5 83.6 3.0 ce 17.4 ce 18.2 ad 11.7 ae 7.5 bc red 5
12WG057-6 88.3
12WG062-5 62.4 3.7 c 20.3 bd 18.5 ac 13.0 ac 8.4 ac pale red 4
12WG068-1 81.1 1.8 eg 14.4 ef 13.6 cf 8.3 bf 9.4 ab red 4
12WG106-2 61.5 1.4 fg 14.1 ef 13.3 cf 7.5 cf 7.6 bc red 4
12WG111-3 60.2 1.2 fg 14.2 ef 12.1 ef 7.0 df 9.9 ab red 3
12WG111-4 69.8
12WG113-2 73.7 0.6 g 9.5 f 10.0 f 5.0 f 8.5 ac red 5
12WG113-6 64.0
12WG116-2 98.3 1.8 eg 18.1 ce 12.1 ef 14.0 ab 10.9 a red 3
12WG117-7 82.6 1.4 fg 17.7 ce 12.7 df 6.3 f 10.3 ab red 4
Sambokggul 5.1 7.5 a 27.2 a 22.4 a 11.0 ae 10.9 a red 4
Speedplus 10.3 6.9 a 26.2 a 22.6 a 11.0 ae 10.6 ab red 4

DMRT = 0.05 level

Pericarp color: 1 = white, 2 = yellow, 3 = pale green, 4 = green, 5 = dark green.

Table 1 Content of lycopene using microplate method in watermelon inbred line

DMRT = 0.05 level, The values given indicate mean (standard deviation).

Table 2 Lycopene content and horticultural characteristics of selected lines in watermelon

DMRT = 0.05 level

Pericarp color: 1 = white, 2 = yellow, 3 = pale green, 4 = green, 5 = dark green.