Table 1. Shoot biomass, P concentration and P accumulation of transgenic lines and WT grown in quartz sand.
P treatment | Line | Dry weight | P concentration | P accumulation |
g plant–1 | % | mg plant–1 | ||
HP | WT | 1.03±0.07 | 0.42±0.04 | 4.30±0.21 |
P3 | 1.32±0.16* | 0.47±0.04 | 6.07±0.81** | |
P11 | 1.58±0.21** | 0.49±0.05 | 7.22±0.88** | |
a18 | 1.39±0.23* | 0.57±0.03* | 7.35±1.23** | |
LP | WT | 0.09±0.01 | 0.14±0.01 | 0.12±0.01 |
P3 | 0.13±0.01* | 0.24±0.01* | 0.32±0.03** | |
P11 | 0.13±0.02* | 0.17±0.02 | 0.18±0.01* | |
a18 | 0.10±0.02 | 0.16±0.00 | 0.18±0.01* | |
Phy-P | WT | 0.68±0.04 | 0.31±0.04 | 2.09±0.43 |
P3 | 0.78±0.08* | 0.43±0.04* | 3.57±0.34** | |
P11 | 0.93±0.05** | 0.31±0.03 | 2.86±0.34* | |
a18 | 0.93±0.08** | 0.27±0.01 | 2.50±0.21* |
Values represent means ± SD of four replicates. A significant difference (*, ** at P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively) between WT and transgenic lines in the same P treatment was calculated by LSD test.