Table 1.

Morphological and physiological differences between WT and ABR17-transgenic A. thaliana lines

Morphological and pigment characteristics	WT	ABR17	p Value
	(Mean ± SE)	(Mean ± SE)
Number of lateral branches (average)	3 ± 0.3	4.1 ± 0.2	0.025
Days to flower (average)	24 ± 0.1	21.6 ± 0.3	0.002
Germination in dark (Percent)	9.6 ± 3	84.4 ± 2	< 0.001
Root length (cm)
0 mM NaCl	1.6 ± 0.1	2.3 ± 0.2	0.003
75 mM NaCl	0.7 ± 0.01	0.8 ± 0.02	0.012
100 mM NaCl	0.5 ± 0.03	0.6 ± 0.02	NS
Fresh weight (g per 21 seedlings)
0 mM NaCl	0.10 ± 0.003	0.11 ± 0.005	NS
100 mM NaCl	0.014 ± 0.003	0.020 ± 0.0008	0.027
Chlorophyll a/b (μg/g of FW)
0 mM NaCl	32.3 ± 1.26	33 ± 2.58	NS
100 mM NaCl	8 ± 0.93	13 ± 2.44	0.045
Carotenoid (μg/g of FW)
0 mM NaCl	2.2 ± 0.063	2.3 ± 0.29	NS
100 mM NaCl	1.0 ± 0.207	1.4 ± 0.014	NS

NS: Non-significant