Table 6.
Temperature, °C | GUS-positive seedlings | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total, n* | Mean ± SE† | % | |
25 | 66 | 22.0 ± 1.2b | 44.0 |
37 | 81 | 27.0 ± 0.6a | 54.0 |
40 | 78 | 26.0 ± 0.6a | 52.0 |
43 | 79 | 25.3 ± 0.9a | 52.7 |
47 | 77 | 25.7 ± 0.9a | 51.3 |
*Three replicates of 50 seedlings per replicate were tested in each treatment.
† Means followed by the same letter (a, b, c) were not significantly different at the 5% level as determined by The Tukey multiple comparison test.