Table 2.

Effect of deep sowing on candidate-gene expression in different deep-sowing-tolerant maize inbred lines.

Inbred Line	GRMZM2G103055	GRMZM5G809195	GRMZM2G030790	GRMZM2G405459	GRMZM2G043338	GRMZM2G337229
B73	5.18 ± 0.14 a a	5.5 ± 0.34 a	11.71 ± 1.06 a	11.09 ± 0.31 a	3.44 ± 0.28 a	7.55 ± 0.97 a
Mo17	2.69 ± 0.08 b	1.12 ± 0.02 b	10.69 ± 0.26 a	1.65 ± 0.01 b	0.52 ± 0.03 b	0.39 ± 0.04 b

^a Different letters after the standard deviation indicate significant differences between B73 and Mo17 at a significance level of p < 0.05, according to the LSD test.