Table 1.
Non-transgenic plants and GM soybean lines | Proline content of plants under normal conditions (μmol/g)A | Change in proline content of GM soybean lines after being subjected to salt stress for 7 days | ||
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Proline content (μmol/g)B | Rate of increase compared to normal condition (%) | Rate of increase compared to non-transgenic plants (%) | ||
WT | 1.57a ± 0.027 | 3.74a ± 0.081 | 238.22 | 100.00 |
T2-2 | 1.84b ± 0.041 | 4.56b ± 0.099 | 247.83 | 121.93 |
T2-4 | 2.32c ± 0.034 | 6.16c ± 0.044 | 265.52 | 164.71 |
T2-7 | 2.59c ± 0.029 | 7.77d ± 0.069 | 300.00 | 207.75 |
T2-10 | 2.34c ± 0.056 | 6.29c ± 0.042 | 268.80 | 168.18 |
Note: WT: Wild-type; T2-2, T2-4, T2-7, T2-10: GM soybean lines of T2 generation. A,B Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences as measured by Duncan’s test at P < 0.001. The symbol ± represents the standard error.