Table 4. AtLOV1 transgenic plants have uncompromised whole plant biomass yield but slightly decreased aboveground plant biomass yield.
| T1 Plants | Number of plants | Tiller number | Plant height (cm) | Stem width (mm) | Biomass yields (g) | ||
| AP biomass | BP biomass | WP biomass | |||||
| WT | 9 | 38.1 (±2.4) a | 146.8 (±1.0)** | 5.0 (±0.1) | 140.9 (±3.6)** | 98.5 (±7.8) | 239.4 (±10.8) |
| AtLOV1 | 9 | 37.0 (±2.1) | 138.0 (±1.2) | 4.8 (±0.1) | 111.6 (±3.8) | 104.4 (±6.1) | 216 (±8.2) |
AP, aboveground plant; BP, belowground plant; and WP, whole plant.
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SE is in parentheses. ** Statistically significant differences (p<0.01) between wild type and transgenic plants.