Figure 7.
Overexpression of EkAACT causes plants to grow better under stress. (a,b) Changes of root length and whole seedling fresh weight in 10 days old Arabidopsis grown on 1/2 MS solid medium containing 50 mM NaCl and 20% PEG. Bar = 15 mm. (c) Photographs of four-week-old Arabidopsis under 200 mM NaCl and 20% PEG treatment for 30 and 40 days. Bar = 30 mm. WT: wild-type Arabidopsis; L2, L3 and L6: transgenic Arabidopsis lines. Root length and fresh weight data are presented as the mean ± SE of ten biological replicates. “*” and “**” indicate a significant difference from that of the WT at p ≤ 0.05 and ≤0.01, respectively, by Student’s t-test.
