Table 2.
Phytohormone Concentrations in Leaves and Roots of the Wild Type and the Two Transgenic Types
Genotype | Organ | GA1 | GA4 | IAA | ABA |
Wild-type control | Leaf | 58.1 ± 15.4 | 6.64 ± 3.18 | 22.5 ± 3.1 | 185.2 ± 28.9 |
Root | 77.1 ± 29.3 | 2.24 ± 0.74 | 61.4 ± 4.1 | 72.2 ± 13.5 | |
35S:PcGA2ox1 | Leaf | 19.9 ± 9.4** | 5.53 ± 2.33* | 21.1 ± 5.9 | 232.3 ± 32.1** |
Root | 48.8 ± 9.6** | 1.15 ± 0.62** | 72.9 ± 5.2* | 49.5 ± 12.1** | |
35S:rgl1 | Leaf | 139.6 ± 21.9** | 12.2 ± 3.6** | 19.6 ± 3.7 | 207.1 ± 16.7** |
Root | 97.7 ± 31.5** | 3.93 ± 0.68** | 69.1 ± 9.7* | 54.7 ± 17** |
Hormone concentration in ng g−1 dry weight; ** and * indicate significant differences compared to wild-type plants as determined by Student's t test at P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively