Table 3. Spectral assessment of the quality and quantity of the DNA extracted from highly mucilaginous seeds of Corchorus spp. using two different DNA minipreps.

Genotype

DNA amount

(μg g^-1 fresh mass)

A₂₆₀/A₂₈₀

A₂₆₀/A₂₃₀

Miniprep I

Miniprep II

Miniprep I

Miniprep II

Miniprep I

Miniprep II

C. aestuans

815.0

694.5^ns

1.9

1.8 ^ns

1.4

1.3 ^ns

C. capsularis cv. JRC-212

1262.6

1051.2*

1.8

2.0 ^ns

1.5

1.9**

C. capsularis mt. CMU-010

1013.9

817.2^ns

2.0

1.9 ^ns

2.0

1.5 ^ns

C. fascicularis

1148.8

650.2*

2.0

1.8**

2.2

1.3**

C. olitorius cv. JRO-524

1093.2

609.6**

2.0

1.9 ^ns

2.0

1.7 ^ns

C. olitorius mt. PPO-4

960.6

613.9*

2.0

1.9**

1.9

1.6 ^ns

C. pseudo-capsularis

1455.2

846.9^ns

1.8

1.7*

1.6

1.1**

C. pseudo-olitorius

297.1

638.3**

1.7

1.7 ^ns

1.0

1.1 ^ns

C. tridens

1165.2

850.9^ns

1.9

1.8 ^ns

1.8

1.5 ^ns

C. trilocularis

482.1

432.1^ns

1.9

1.8 ^ns

1.7

1.8 ^ns