Figure 9.

Relative increase in gene transcript abundance (relative to fully watered controls) of eight genes in the taproots of alfalfa cultivars (grouped into fall dormant (FD), non-fall dormant (NFD) or highly non-fall dormant (HNFD) groups based on their level of fall dormancy observed in the fall dormancy screening experiment) receiving 25 % of their water requirement. Values above the bars are the transformed means (log transformation) with the associated standard errors in parentheses. Bars with different letters within the same gene and number of days from treatment were identified as being different (P < 0.05) using ANOVA with non-orthogonal contrasts on transformed data.