Research Article

Identification of Yellow Pigmentation Genes in Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis Using Br300 Microarray

Table 1

Content of lutein and -carotene in two contrasting Chinese cabbage cultivars.

B. rapa cultivarLutein
(g/g dry weight)
-carotene
(g/g dry weight)

Kenshin (white inner leaves)0.19 ± 0.080.69 ± 0.08
Wheessen (yellow inner leaves)47.49 ± 1.5912.00 ± 0.61