Table I. Oil content in developing and mature seeds of wild-type and PLDζ lines, and PLDζ activity measured in developing seeds of wild type and PLDζ lines at 20 DAF.
Description/line | Wild type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Oil level (% dry weight) | |||||
12 DAF | 15.76 ± 0.91 | 17.67 ± 0.48* | 17.00 ± 0.13* | 17.21 ± 0.08* | 19.30 ± 0.11* |
20 DAF | 22.64 ± 0.71 | 25.84 ± 0.42* | 24.61 ± 0.35* | 27.03 ± 0.66* | 25.92 ± 0.65* |
Mature | 24.90 ± 0.60 | 27.96 ± 0.60* | 26.86 ± 1.00* | 27.47 ± 1.86* | 26.80 ± 0.68* |
PLDζ activity (pmol/h/g) | |||||
20 DAF | 65.74 ± 12.58 | 104.67 ± 19.92* | 86.01 ± 10.30* | 269.13 ± 41.97* | 101.24 ± 20.59* |
Values are means ± SD (n = 3). The asterisk indicates a value that was statistically significantly different from the wild type at P < 0.05 based on Student’s T test.