Figure 6.
Thermotolerance of WT and transgenic A. thaliana. (A) RT-PCR identification of CsHSP17.2 transgenic A. thaliana lines. Total RNA was extracted from rosette leaves of 4-week-old plants, and the AtACTIN2 (AT3G18780) gene was used as a control for equal loading. (B) The survival rates of WT and transgenic A. thaliana plants under HS. The detection of chlorophyll fluorescence (C), soluble protein content (D) and proline content (E) in transgenic and WT plants. The A. thaliana seedlings were cultivated for four weeks under normal temperature (22 °C; Control) before HS (45 °C for 4 h), and the rosette leaves were harvested for the experiments. Data represent the means ± standard deviations of three replicates. Significant differences between WT and transgenic plants are indicated by different letters (P < 0.05). WT: wild-type; OE-8, OE-18, OE-21, OE-28, OE-29, and OE-30: six transgenic A. thaliana lines.