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Table 3 Yield and quality control of DNA extracted by lyophilized and fresh fruit tissue of tomato, eggplant and pepper measured using NanoDrop. Mean value and standard deviation of 12 independent extractions are shown

From: SILEX: a fast and inexpensive high-quality DNA extraction method suitable for multiple sequencing platforms and recalcitrant plant species

Species

Fruit sample

Yield (ng/mg) 

Absorbance ratios

A260/A280

A260/A230

Tomato

Lyophilized

116.4 ± 65.3

2.08 ± 0.08 

1.30 ± 0.11 

Fresh

237.6 ± 40.2

2.22 ± 0.04 

0.98 ± 0.08 

Eggplant

Lyophilized

863.0 ± 289.0

2.10 ± 0.05 

1.36 ± 0.13 

Fresh

253.0 ± 63.8

2.11 ± 0.04 

1.38 ± 0.06 

Pepper

Lyophilized

920.3 ± 248.7

2.10 ± 0.04 

1.46 ± 0.14 

Fresh

271.6 ± 54.0

2.08 ± 0.03 

1.18 ± 0.15