Table 2.
Mean concentration (pg μL−1) of SPCH and FAMA mRNA and their corresponding local siRNAs in whole seedling samples (6 in each of 3 repeated experiments) in the control and low relative humidity (LRH) treatment, parent-progeny (n = 9). Results of the linear regression for means of each biological replicate between genes and corresponding siRNAs are shown below with post-hoc comparisons; ns = not significant.
| FAMA mRNA | 21–24 nt local siRNAs | SPCH mRNA | 21–24 nt local siRNAs | |
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| LRH-control (pg μL−1) | 244 (±52.6) | 378 (±153.9) | 511 (±74.5) | 983 (±108) |
| LRH-LRH (pg μL−1) | 541 (±128) | 203 (±189) | 1732 (±76.4) | 312 (±74.7) |
| Control-control (pg μL−1) | 334 (±54.3) | 394 (±38.1) | 809 (±134) | 665 (±151) |
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| Linear regression | FAMAand local siRNAs | SPCHand local siRNAs | ||
| r2 | 0.34 | 0.87 | ||
| p value | 0.875 | 0.013 | ||
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| Tukey’s pairwise comparisons | SE difference in means | pvalue | ||
| Target RNA | 104.7 | ns | ||
| Parent | 110.3 | 0.017 | ||
| Treatment | 106.1 | ns | ||