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. 2023 Feb 24;24(5):4458. doi: 10.3390/ijms24054458

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Overexpressing PtrVCS2 gene improves drought resistance of P. trichocarpa. (A) Drought resistance phenotypes of wild-type and OE-PtrVCS2 transgenic plants. Plants (before drought, on the left) were dehydrated by reducing soil water content to 30%, 15% and then rehydrated for 3 days (Rehydrated for 3 days, on the right). Bars = 10 cm. (B) Statistical analysis of survival rates after drought treatment and recovery. The average percentage of survival and standard errors were calculated from three independent experiments with at least 12 plants of each genotype in each replicate. (C) Percentage loss of xylem conductance (PLC) of wild-type and OE-PtrVCS2 transgenic plants. In the statistical analysis, the average percentage of PLC was calculated from three independent experiments and standard errors were calculated from three independent experiments. Asterisks indicate significant differences between the OE-PtrVCS2 transgenics and WT plants. ** p < 0.01 (Student’s t-test).