Table 4.
Comparative analysis of fiber quality of mock WT (non-transgenic) control and Macrophomina phaseolina resistant transgenic T1 progeny plants.
| Fiber qualities | Mock WT |
M. phaseolina resistant transgenic jute (category wise) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very high tolerance (VHT) plants |
High tolerance (HiT) plants |
Moderate tolerance (MT) plants |
Low tolerance (LT) plants |
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| Fiber length (m) | 3.00 ± 0.30 | 3.00 ± 0.31 n.s. | 2.8 ± 0.20 n.s. | 2.55 ± 0.16 | 1.11 ± 0.30 |
| Fiber strength (g/tex) | 22.1 ± 2.11 | 21.6 ± 1.20 n.s. | 21.1 ± 2.81 n.s. | 16.2 ± 1.66 | 10.1 ± 2.09 |
| Fiber fineness (tex) | 1.50 ± 0.006 | 1.49 ± 0.002 n.s. | 1.50 ± 0.001 n.s. | 1.48 ± 0.007 n.s. | 1.47 ± 0.002 |
Mock WT jute is non-transgenic control without M. phaseolina inoculation. The values represent the mean of 10 progeny plants from each category ± standard error. Mean comparisons with WT control are non-significant (n.s.) with P ≥ 0.05 (in ANOVA test).