Table 1.

Agronomic and technical traits of transgenic and non-transgenic sugarcane plants 1 month before harvest

Characteristics	Transgenic line (tp7)	Non-transgenic plants
		Seed-cane plant (wt)	Tissue-cultured plant (tc)
Stalk diameter (cm)	2.86 ± 0.27aζ	2.91 ± 0.19a	2.75 ± 0.38a
Plant height (cm)	312 ± 5.89a	309 ± 10.54a	293 ± 10.25a
Brix (%)	21.37 ± 1.05a	21.38 ± 0.87a	21.05 ± 1.23a
Gravity purity (%)	94.75 ± 0.12a	94.21 ± 0.05a	93.67 ± 0.17a
Sucrose content (%)	16.67 ± 0.04a	16.93 ± 0.07a	16.48 ± 0.09a

Data are presented as mean ± standard error

^ζGenotypes with same letters within traits are not significantly different as judged by Duncan’s multiple range test at Pr ≥ 0.05