Fig. 3.

Heterologous expression of OsNCED4 delayed seed germination in Arabidopsis. a Germination rate of seeds from Col-0, 129B08/nced3 mutant, and two OsNCED4-overexpressing transgenic lines grown on agar medium supplemented with 0.2% Glc for 3, 5, and 7 days. b Germination rate of the same transgenic lines grown on agar medium supplemented with 4% Glc for 3, 5, and 7 days. The values are the mean ± SD of three independent experiments, each with 80–100 seeds. *P < 0.05, Student’s t test