Table II.
Effects of transformation on root and shoot fresh weight, root system architecture, leaf morphology, and flowering time
| Genotype | Fresh
Wt
|
Phenotypea
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | Shoot | Root/Shoot | Lateral roots | Wrinkled leaves | Flowering time | |
| g/organ | months | |||||
| Wild type | 135 (21) | 340 (45) | 2.5 | − | − | 13 –15b |
| 1 | 96 (29) | 219 (61) | 2.3 | + | − | 7 –9 |
| 2 | 136 (19) | 313 (35) | 2.3 | + | − | 6 –8 |
| 3 | 63 (21) | 102 (31) | 1.6 | ++ | + | 5 –7 |
Numbers in parentheses are ses (P = 0.05, n = 6).
a
−, Absence of trait; +, presence of trait.
b
The wild-type plants flowered only after vernalization.