Fig 3.

Effect of salinity on lipid peroxidation demonstrated as malondialdehyde (MDA) content (a) and antioxidant activity presented as ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activity (b). WT: non-transgenic (wild type) barley Hordeum vulgare L. var. Golden Promise, T: transgenic barley expressing tobacco osmotin gene. The results are shown as the average value of four plants measured in four replicates. Data are presented with the standard error of the mean (SEM). The statistical significance of results was tested by analysis of variance followed by Duncan’s test (p < 0.05).