. 2018 Dec 10;18:342. doi: 10.1186/s12870-018-1536-6

Table 4.

Performance of the major agronomic traits of cry1Ac transgenic sugarcane lines

	Lines	Diameter/cm	Height /cm	Brix values/%	Number of millable stalks/block	Sucrose content/%	Weight per stem Kg/stem	Sugarcane yield t/ha	Theoretical sugar yield t/ha
Group I	A1	3.14 ± 0.09^a,b	233.1 ± 8.8^a	21.48 ± 0.57^c,d	240.0 ± 19.1^a	15.22 ± 0.61^c,d	1.80 ± 0.10^a	138.79 ± 7.80^a	21.13 ± 1.19^a
	A2	2.99 ± 0.02^b,c	214.5 ± 3.9^b	20.71 ± 0.15^d	216.0 ± 5.8^a,b,c	14.72 ± 0.16^d	1.51 ± 0.03^c,d	104.22 ± 2.04^c	15.34 ± 0.30^d
	A3	2.80 ± 0.04 ^c,d	205.8 ± 2.6^b	20.61 ± 0.09^d	222.7 ± 8.9^a,b	14.61 ± 0.10^d	1.27 ± 0.03^e	90.39 ± 2.17^d	13.20 ± 0.32^e
	A4	2.97 ± 0.07^b,c	196.9 ± 4.9^b	22.09 ± 0.11^a,b,c	207.6 ± 11.4^a,b,c	16.21 ± 0.12^a,b,c	1.36 ± 0.04^d,e	90.71 ± 2.61^d	14.70 ± 0.42^d
	A5	3.12 ± 0.01^a,b	213.7 ± 6.8^b	22.55 ± 0.16^a	220.0 ± 11.1^a,b	16.71 ± 0.17^a	1.63 ± 0.04^b,c	115.13 ± 3.07^b	19.24 ± 0.51^b
	A6	3.08 ± 0.04^a,b	203.9 ± 7.4^b	22.04 ± 0.19^a,b,c	217.2 ± 6.2^a,^b,c	16.16 ± 0.21a^b,c	1.52 ± 0.05^c	105.68 ± 3.53^b,c	17.07 ± 0.57^c
	B1	2.42 ± 0.02^f	116.3 ± 2.1^d	23.07 ± 0.15^a	181.6 ± 18.4^c,d	17.27 ± 0.16^a	0.53 ± 0.00^g,h	31.13 ± 0.16^e,f	5.38 ± 0.03 ^f,g
	B2	2.42 ± 0.09^f	126.5 ± 5.5^d	22.4 ± 0.21^a,b	100.8 ± 6.4^f,g,h	16.55 ± 0.23^a,b	0.58 ± 0.05^f,g,h	18.79 ± 1.62^g	3.11 ± 0.27ⁱ
	B4	2.38 ± 0.06^f	154.5 ± 9.3^c	22.53 ± 0.19^a	144.0 ± 6.0^e	16.69 ± 0.20^a	0.69 ± 0.07^f,g	31.71 ± 3.24^e,f	5.29 ± 0.54^f,g
	I2	2.56 ± 0.08^e,f	85.0 ± 7.83^e	22.60 ± 0.35^a	134.4 ± 13.8^e,f	16.76 ± 0.38^a	0.44 ± 0.03^h	18.84 ± 1.33^g	3.16 ± 0.22ⁱ
	I4	2.82 ± 0.10 ^c,d	113.3 ± 4.7^d	22.3 ± 0.42^a,b	134.4 ± 12.4^e,f,g	16.44 ± 0.45^a,b	0.71 ± 0.05^f	30.4 ± 2.21^e,f	5.00 ± 0.36^g,h
Control variety	FN15	3.25 ± 0.05^a	209.9 ± 6.4^b	21.47 ± 0.67^b,c,d	206.4 ± 7.6^a,b,c	15.54 ± 0.72^b,c,d	1.74 ± 0.08^a,b	115.15 ± 5.09^b	17.89 ± 0.79^b,c
Group II	D1	2.22 ± 0.03^b,c	133.1 ± 7.3^e	22.08 ± 0.17^b,c	203.0 ± 6.7^a,^b,c	16.20 ± 0.18^b,c	0.52 ± 0.01^c	33.6 ± 0.92^d	5.44 ± 0.15^e,f
	D2	2.43 ± 0.08^b	183.8 ± 8.6^c,d	20.02 ± 0.31^e	199.5 ± 3.6^a,b,c	13.97 ± 0.33^e	0.85 ± 0.08^b	54.31 ± 5.34^b	7.58 ± 0.75^b,c,d
	D4	2.34 ± 0.08^b,c	176.7 ± 5.5 ^c,d	21.77 ± 0.17^b,c,d	228.0 ± 12.9^a	15.86 ± 0.18^b,c,d	0.76 ± 0.04^b,c	55.45 ± 3.04^b	8.79 ± 0.48^b
	K2	2.24 ± 0.07^b,c	222.2 ± 6.5^a	21.57 ± 0.38^b,c,d	182.0 ± 13.5^c	15.64 ± 0.42^b,c,d	0.88 ± 0.07^b	51.20 ± 4.31^b,c	8.01 ± 0.67^b,c
	K3	2.24 ± 0.05^b,c	214.4 ± 7.6^a	20.73 ± 0.43^d,e	150.0 ± 9.3^d	14.74 ± 0.47^d,e	0.84 ± 0.04^b	40.42 ± 1.94 ^c,d	5.96 ± 0.29^d,e,f
	K5	2.29 ± 0.06^b,c	191.2 ± 7.9^b,c	20.97 ± 0.28^c,d,e	195.0 ± 5.6^b,c	14.99 ± 0.31^c,d,e	0.79 ± 0.02^b	49.11 ± 1.17^b,c	7.36 ± 0.18^b,c,d,e
Control variety	ROC22	2.71 ± 0.07^a	216.8 ± 6.5^a	23.40 ± 0.20^a	216.0 ± 5.3^a,b	17.63 ± 0.22^a	1.25 ± 0.09^a	86.54 ± 6.29^a	15.26 ± 1.11^a

Note: Lowercase in the column followed by the same letters mean no significant difference at P = 0.05 level to their corresponding receptor variety