Carotenoid content and ratio total chlorophyll to carotenoid content.

Table 1: Carotenoid content and ratio total chlorophyll to carotenoid content.

Time point	9d	12d	15d	60d
YmC_c	1.227 ± 0.05^b	1.214 ± 0.00^b	1.334 ± 0.09^b	0.862 ± 0.01^b
ymC_car/C_c	7.012 ± 0.06^a	7.453 ± 0.02^a	2.786 ± 0.06^b	2.412 ± 0.09^a
zs4 C_c	1.452 ± 0.12^a	1.324 ± 0.03^a	2.598 ± 0.35^a	2.512 ± 0.19^a
zs4 C_car/C_c	6.769 ± 0.26^b	6.36 ± 0.43^b	3.634 ± 0.15^a	2.247 ± 0.42^a

Data are presented as means (n = 3). Different lowercase letters (a, b, c) indicate statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) between treatments in the same phenotype using LSD tests.
Note: Ccar: Carotenoids, Cc: Total chlorophyll content.