Table II.
Size measurements on 3-month-old greenhouse-grown p35S-SMT2 plants (vegetative stage) from T3 generations and corresponding mean sterol composition
| Line (n) | Plant Height | Expanded Leaves | Length of Epidermal Cells
|
R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | Midrib | ||||
| cm | no. plant−1 | μm | |||
| Wild type (11) | 80.8 ± 8.8a | 20.7 ± 1.9 | 179.0 ± 41.0 | 363.7 ± 112.8 | 1.08 |
| A (10) | 51.6 ± 5.3 | 21.1 ± 1.6 | 165.3 ± 36.5 | 427.5 ± 82.1 | 0.06 |
| D (33) | 52.5 ± 9.3 | 21.5 ± 2.6 | 176.7 ± 47.8 | 404.7 ± 103.7 | 0.07 |
| E (21) | 60.4 ± 5.4 | 22.0 ± 1.5 | 172.1 ± 33.1 | 351.1 ± 94.6 | 0.05 |
a
Mean ± sd.