Figure 6.
Analysis of ABA sensitivity and drought resistance of ZmbZIP33 under drought stress. (A) Forty percent of PEG stress on BMV and BVM-ZmbZIP33 maize seedlings for 4 and 6 days (DOD). The plants were then rewatered for 4 days (R4 D) and photographed. (B–E) Chlorophyll content, SOD activity, POD activity, and ABA content of BMV and BVM-ZmbZIP33 leaves were measured under drought stress and rewatering. (F) Scanning electron microscopy images of three levels of stomatal opening in BMV and BMV-ZmbZIP33. Bar = 20 μm. (G) Water loss assays for the leaves of BMV and BMV-ZmbZIP33 transgenic line were performed within 5 h. Mean values and standard errors (bar) were shown from five independent experiments. Independent t-tests for equality of means demonstrated that there was significant difference between control and treatment (*P value < 0.05).