PCR primer sequences, amplicon sizes and amplification efficiency.

bp, base pairs; UTR, untranslated region; rbcS1 and rbcS2, ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) small subunits; rca, Rubisco activase; lhcb1 and lhcb2, Light harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding proteins; fba, fructose bisphosphate aldolase; fbp, fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase; fnr, ferredoxin NADP(H) oxidoreductase; ugp, uridine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase; hxk, hexokinase; hxt, hexose transporter; sut, sucrose transporter; 1-sst, sucrose:sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase; feh, fructan exohydrolase.