Table II.

Growth performance of the three strongest HPT:RNAi tobacco lines (HPT) in comparison to the wild type (WT)

The parameters were recorded at the end of the vegetative phase and are means and sd of five individuals of one representative population.

Plant Line	Shoot Length		Fresh Weight
	Height	% of WT	Biomass	% of WT
	cm		g
WT	92.6 ± 3.76	100	157.2 ± 13.4	100
HPT:RNAi-44	80.4 ± 3.5	86.1 ± 3.8	124.2 ± 9.4	78.9 ± 5.7
HPT:RNAi-49	68.4 ± 8.3	73.8 ± 9.0	115 ± 9.2	73.7 ± 5.8
HPT:RNAi-28	62.1 ± 6.7	66.9 ± 7.2	107.7 ± 9.4	68.5 ± 5.9