FIGURE 2.

Overexpression of AtUGT76C2 increased the plant sensitivity to abiotic stresses during germination and post-germination growth. (A) Rice seeds were imbibed at 28°C in the presence of water (Control) and hydroponic solution of 100 mM NaCI, 7.5% PEG and 150 mM mannitol. Germination (based on radicles>2 mm) of at least 50 seeds were recorded for each biological replicates, and three biological replicates were done for calculating germination rates (B). Post-germination growth of the seedlings under abiotic stresses, and shoot and root lengths were recorded. Bars show standard deviations of three independent replicates. Asterisks indicate significant differences between the wild type and the overexpression lines evaluated with Student’s t-test (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01).