Growth of transgenic rice plants. A, Photograph of rice plants grown for 60 d after transplanting. B, Leaf number of the main culms, plant length, and tiller number. The growth parameters were measured after transplanting of young seedlings (leaf number of 4.5). NT, Nontransgenic rice; SS5 and SS16, transgenic rice that express sorghum RbcS. The data were expressed as mean ± sd obtained from five biological replicates. [See online article for color version of this figure.]