“…12). Sucrose, the principle form of carbon imported via the phloem (Tarczynski et al, 1992), was twice the level in Bnfad2 seeds than in null segregants, whereas levels of raffi nose, a prominent trisaccharide thought to function as a storage reserve and compatible solute (Hendrix, 1990), was not altered. Of the minor sugars, galactinol, the galactosyl donor for the synthesis of raffi nose and stachyose, was reduced in transgenic seeds, while trehalose glucose/galactose, fructose, and stachyose were unchanged.…”