Table 2.
Comparison of agronomic traits between transgenic plants and non-transgenic Triticum aestivum L. cv. ‘Bobwhite’ in heat stress Exp. 1
| Temp. | Event name† | TKW (g) | Seed number per selected head | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± STD | T stat | Mean ± STD | T stat | ||
| 31/24°C | BWTC | 29.5 ± 1.21 | 54.33 ± 11.58 | ||
| Ub1 | 30.45 ± 1.32 | 1.85* | 54.2 ± 14.24 | 0.02 | |
| Dy10 | 31.48 ± 0.83 | 3.47** | 41.25 ± 4.03 | 2.54* | |
| 22/15°C | BWTC | 35.62 ± 1.5 | 59.33 ± 11.5 | ||
| Ub1 | 37.71 ± 1.96 | 1.92 | 58.55 ± 11.1 | 0.1 | |
| Dy10 | 37.53 ± 2.89 | 1.13 | 45.75 ± 12.44 | 1.49 | |
TKW thousand kernel weight, BWTC non-transgenic Bobwhite but established through tissue culture, Ub1 event 1286 having ubiquitin promoter, Dy10 event 2173 having Dy10 promoter, STD standard deviation
†Number of plants studied in this experiment is accompanied by event name in parenthesis
*, **, and *** denote P < 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 respectively