Table 1. Percent silenced area with different fractions of CD-5K.
Different fractions of the CD-5K preparation were formulated with the GFP-targeting 22-mer siRNA at a concentration of 8 ng μL−1. The mean percent silenced area relative to the entire leaf area was calculated digitally with four replicates per treatment. Means were separated using a Student’s t test. The fractions not connected by a letter are statistically different (α = 0.05). Images used for the analysis are included in Supplemental Fig. S5.
| Fraction | Connected Letters | Silenced Area | se | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | |||||
| Fraction 5 | A | — | — | 43.6 | 3.81 |
| Fraction 6 | A | — | — | 36.2 | 6.13 |
| Fraction 7 | A | B | — | 35.6 | 7.33 |
| Fraction 8 | A | B | — | 28.5 | 5.59 |
| Fraction 9 | — | B | — | 20.4 | 2.36 |
| Fraction 10 | — | — | C | 4.9 | 1.14 |