Table 1.
Yield assay of transformed (T1) and non-transformed (NT) soybean plants subjected to 0, 100, 150 and 200 mM NaCl induced salinity stress conditions
S. no | Soybean plant | Yield in the absence of NaCl | Yield (100 mM of NaCl) | Yield (150 mM of NaCl) | Yield (200 mM of NaCl) | ||||
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Number of matured (pods/plant) | Dry weight of seeds (g/plant) | Number of matured (pods/plant) | Dry weight of seeds (g/plant) | Number of matured (pods/plant) | Dry weight of seeds (g/plant) | Number of matured (pods/plant) | Dry weight of seeds (g/plant) | ||
1 | NT | 31.3 ± 0.27a,b | 11.3 ± 0.28b | 19.6 ± 0.20c | 6.3 ± 0.34c | – | – | – | – |
2 | S1 | 30.6 ± 0.20b | 10.0 ± 0.25c | 27.3 ± 0.24b,a | 12.6 ± 0.24a,b | 25.6 ± 0.20b | 10.3 ± 0.28c | 22.0 ± 0.25b | 8.6 ± 0.15a,b |
3 | S12 | 32.0 ± 0.25a | 12.3 ± 0.23a | 28.6 ± 0.20a | 13.3 ± 0.14a | 26.6 ± 0.28a | 12.6 ± 0.24a | 24.3 ± 0.26a | 9.0 ± 0.25a |
4 | S15 | 29.3 ± 0.19c | 11.6 ± 0.21a,b | 27.6 ± 0.27b | 12.0 ± 0.21b | 24.0 ± 0.21c | 11.3 ± 0.28b | 23.6 ± 0.18a,b | 8.3 ± 0.24b |
Mean of three individual experiments (±) with standard errors. Different letters inside the same column denote significantly different values according to Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT) at a 5% level