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. 2016 Jun 28;7:935. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00935

Table 5.

Growth-related parameters of transgenic and WT (WS and WW) lines grown under soil-moisture deficit stress.

Plant ID Root-weight (g) Shoot-weight (g) Pod-weight (g) Total-biomass (g) HI Rooot: Shoot ratio Kernel-weight (g) Root-volume (mL) Shoot-length(cm) Root-length(cm)
D1 1.51± 0.22cd 4.37± 0.42bc 3.78± 0.51b 9.67± 1.17bc 0.39± 0.01b 0.34± 0.02c 3.08± 0.15b 4.83± 0.60cd 15.02± 0.78c 18.43± 0.41bc
D2 1.61± 0.39c 4.50± 0.99bc 3.55± 0.60b 9.65± 1.97bc 0.37± 0.01b 0.35± 0.01c 2.45± 0.52b 4.9± 0.31cd 16.38± 2.16c 21.00± 0.68bc
D3 3.82± 0.22a 9.58± 0.92a 6.06± 0.48ab 19.45± 1.60a 0.31± 0.01c 0.40± 0.02bc 3.90± 0.25ab 13.93± 0.47a 23.38± 1.17a 28.30± 0.65ab
D4 1.01± 0.04d 2.38± 0.24c 2.03± 0.16c 5.42± 0.41d 0.38± 0.01b 0.43± 0.03b 1.47± 0.05c 3.5± 0.76d 13.70± 0.31c 16.33± 0.73c
D5 1.76± 0.10bc 4.69± 0.21bc 4.05± 0.17b 10.51± 0.40bc 0.39± 0.01b 0.38± 0.01bc 3.23± 0.64b 5.00± 0.29cd 15.20± 0.20c 23.37± 5.47b
D6 2.24± 0.06b 5.18± 0.09bc 5.06± 0.27ab 12.48± 0.22b 0.40± 0.01b 0.43± 0.02b 3.74± 0.43ab 10.43± 0.30b 18.57± 0.23bc 29.43± 1.23a
D7 1.82± 0.09bc 3.67± 0.24c 3.76± 0.16b 9.25± 0.48c 0.41± 0.01b 0.50± 0.02a 2.62± 0.08b 5.47± 0.64c 15.90± 0.32c 22.80± 0.93b
D8 1.98± 0.13bc 4.73± 0.52bc 4.24± 0.13b 10.96± 0.71bc 0.39± 0.02b 0.42± 0.03b 3.34± 0.16b 5.72± 0.97c 16.33± 1.19c 21.90± 2.12bc
WS 0.94± 0.02d 2.92± 0.10c 1.65± 0.14c 5.51± 0.18d 0.30± 0.02c 0.32± 0.02c 0.81± 0.03c 2.60± 0.38d 16.40± 0.46c 17.60± 0.55bc
WW 0.55± 0.05d 5.28± 0.09b 5.40± 0.22ab 11.23± 0.14bc 0.48± 0.01a 0.10± 0.01d 4.34± 0.20a 2.00± 0.29d 20.05± 0.31b 15.96± 0.87c

Where, D1 to D8, transgenic plants; WW and WS, well-watered and water-stressed WT respectively. The data are mean of three replicates ±SE; Means followed by the same lower case letters within a column are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).