Arabidopsis lines with elevated foliar AsA content show enhanced biomass of both aerial and root tissues when grown in liquid culture. Ten-day old seedlings were inoculated into 125 ml flasks, containing 35 ml liquid MS media. Biomass was harvested after 2 wk growth in liquid culture. Comparison of aerial tissue biomass of WT (a), pCAMBIA (b), MIOX4 (c), and GLOase (d) lines. Comparison of root biomass of WT (e), pCAMBIA (f), MIOX4 (g), and GLOase (h) lines. Dry weight measurements corresponding of WT, pCAMBIA, MIOX4 and GLOase plants grown in liquid culture. Data represent the means ± SD of 6 replicates (i). *Indicates statistically significant differences between WT and high-AsA lines (t-test, P=0.05).