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Table 1 Germination rates (Number of seeds germinated per 100 seeds placed on germination medium) of three transgenic lines at three different temperatures.

From: Expression of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana in transgenic tobacco: a strategy to increase temperature stress tolerance

Temperature

WT

B5A

B5H

B1F

24°C

99.0 a (1.0)

99.0 a (1.50)

99.0 a (2.00)

100.0 a (0.00)

15°C

32.3 a (4.1)

95.0 b (3.97)

97.4 b (2.95)

97.0 b (2.80)

35°C

18.0 a (3.8)

88.0 b (7.9)

85.2 b (6.35)

83.2 b (5.9)

  1. a, bPercentages with different superscripts indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05); Standard deviations are shown between parenthesis; WT – Wild Type plants; B5A, B5H and B1F – Transgenic lines