Fig. 6

Real-time qPCR analysis of bacterial and fungal indicator taxa in stored sugar beets (a) and analyzed sucrose, glucose, and fructose contents in sugar beets (b). Gene copy numbers per gram sugar beet surface showed distinct tendencies related to accumulations of health and disease indicators during three months of controlled storage (color gradient). Statistical significance between the first and last measurement was tested using the Student’s t test: p value < 0.01 **; p < 0.05 *