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Table 1 Measurement of rosette and root growth in control and complemented lines

From: Effective carbon partitioning driven by exotic phloem-specific regulatory elements fused to the Arabidopsis thaliana AtSUC2 sucrose-proton symporter gene

 

Rosette (cm2)

Root length (cm)

AtSUC2 +/+ a

11.21 ± 1.98

5.23 ± 0.25

AtSUC2 +/- a

9.22 ± 0.76

n.d.d

AtSUC2 -/- a

0.28 ± 0.08bc

0.15 ± 0.10b

 

Best 4 lines

Representative line

Representative line

SUC2p::cSUC2 a

7.23 ± 1.41b

9.34 ± 1.26

(1039)

5.60 ± 0.70

CoYMVp::cSUC2

7.86 ± 1.26b

7.46 ± 2.00b

(1070)

4.17 ± 1.04

RolCp::cSUC2

4.91 ± 0.87bc

4.10 ± 0.61bc

(1133)

3.36 ± 0.44b

  1. Measurement of rosette area (cm2) 21 days after germination among control and independently transformed lines grown on potting mix, and root length of representative lines grown for 16 days on sterile MS media without sucrose. Variation is standard deviation, n = 3 to 10 sibling plants.
  2. a [25]
  3. b Students T-test, p < 0.05, relative to wild type AtSUC2 +/+
  4. c Students T-test, p < 0.05, relative to heterozygous AtSUC2 +/-
  5. d n.d.; not determined
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BMC Plant Biology

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