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. 2018 Dec 6;9:1792. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01792

FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 5

Improved drought resistance in 35S: BrLAS transgenic Arabidopsis. (A) Drought resistance in 35S: BrLAS transgenic (OE6 and OE8) compared with wild-type (WT) plants. Twenty-five-day-old seedlings grown under normal conditions were subjected to drought stress by withholding watering for up to 14 days followed by re-watering. (B) The stomatal apertures of 35S: BrLAS transgenic lines compared with WT plants under drought stress. A significant decrease in size was observed in the transgenic lines. (C) Water loss from detached leaves of 35S: BrLAS compared with the WT plants. A significant decrease in water loss was observed in the transgenic plants. Data represent the means of 20 leaves each per three independent experiments. (D) Stomatal aperture size in the 35S: BrLAS transgenic and WT plants under drought stress. A significant decrease in size was observed in the transgenic lines. (E) Survival rates of the transgenic and WT plants under drought stress. (F,G) Comparisons of the MDA content (F) and Fv/Fm ratios (G) of the transgenic and WT plants. Arabidopsis seedlings treated with water were used as a control. Error bars represent the standard deviation of three independent experiments, and asterisks indicate a significant difference from the WT at ∗P < 0.05 and ∗∗P < 0.01.