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. 2003 Nov 24;100(25):14672–14677. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2034667100

Table 1. Comparison of various growth parameters and seed production of the WT and glyoxalase transgenic tobacco plants (GI, gly I; GII, gly II; and GIGII, double transgenics) grown in the presence of water and 200 mM NaCl, respectively for 4 months.

H2O
200 mM NaCl
Parameter WT GI GII GIGII
Height, cm 110.3 ± 6.88 120.1 ± 8.43 90.6 ± 4.66 100.9 ± 5.04
Fresh weight of leaf, g* 3.9 ± 0.60 3.9 ± 0.42 3.9 ± 0.31 4.0 ± 0.75
No. of days to flower 115.2 ± 3.15 90.8 ± 4.07 125.6 ± 5.19 117.1 ± 2.59
Seed weight per pod, mg 162.9 ± 4.58 129.8 ± 5.16 135.6 ± 3.38 154.9 ± 4.96
*

The average weight of the fourth leaf from top. Each value is the mean of ± SD (n = 15).