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. 2014 Jun 3;14:154. doi: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-154

Table 2.

Agronomic performance of Williams 82 and GmAKT2 -overexpressing transgenic (Oe1 and Oe2) plants with or without SMV inoculation

Genotype Mock
SMV Inoculation
WT Oe1 Oe2 WT Oe1 Oe2
Plant height (cm)
62.4 ± 3.5a
63.3 ± 2.8a
64.9 ± 3.1a
48.4 ± 6.4b
62.3 ± 3.9a
62.7 ± 3.3a
Branch number
2.1 ± 0.6a
2.5 ± 0.5a
2.3 ± 0.7a
1.1 ± 0.7b
2.4 ± 0.5a
2.2 ± 0.4a
Node number
19.0 ± 1.6a
19.3 ± 1.1a
20.1 ± 1.0a
16.8 ± 0.9b
18.8 ± 0.6a
20.3 ± 0.8a
Pod number/plant
53.9 ± 7.4a
54.1 ± 7.0a
51.9 ± 6.5a
26.7 ± 7.1b
51.3 ± 8.5a
49.5 ± 9.4a
Seed number/plant
95.1 ± 12.4a
98.0 ± 8.9a
94.6 ± 10.2a
46.5 ± 12.8b
95.0 ± 16.1a
90.3 ± 14.3a
Seed weight (g)/plant
11.0 ± 1.0ab
11.5 ± 0.9a
11.0 ± 2.0ab
4.9 ± 1.4c
10.6 ± 2.1ab
10.0 ± 1.3b
100 seed weight (g)
11.7 ± 0.9a
11.8 ± 1.0a
11.5 ± 1.1a
10.5 ± 0.7b
11.1 ± 0.7ab
11.2 ± 0.8ab
Seed coat browning No No No Yes No No

Data collected from a field experiment in Anhui province, 2012. Data are given as means ± SD. Different letters in a row indicate significant differences (LSD, P <0.05).