Fig. 7. Morphological phenotypes and growth parameters of RNAi lines for silencing SlSWEET7a and SlSWEET14.
Three independent silenced lines of SlSWEET7ai (SlSWEET7ai-1, SlSWEET7ai-2, and SlSWEET7ai-3) and two independent lines of SlSWEET14i (SlSWEET14i-2 and SlSWEET14i-3) were selected for experiments. a Plant architecture of the 7ai lines (SlSWEET7ai-1 lines, SlSWEET7ai-2 lines, and SlSWEET7ai-3) and the 14i lines (SlSWEET14i-2 lines and SlSWEET14i-3i lines) at 30 days after sowing the seeds; the scale bars correspond to 2 cm. b Plant architecture of SlSWEET7ai lines at 90 days after sowing the seeds. c Fruits from nontransgenic and transgenic lines at the red ripe fruit stage; the scale bars correspond to 2 cm. d Plant height (n ≥ 12) ~90 days after sowing seeds of the SlSWEET7ai lines and SlSWEET14i lines. e Soluble solid content (indicated by Brix %) of fruits (n ≥ 20) at the red ripening stage. f Individual-fruit weight (n ≥ 35). g, h Transverse diameter and vertical diameter of fruits (n ≥ 35). The data represent mean values ±SDs. The asterisks indicate P-values (*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01) according to Student’s t test