Virus-induced gene-silencing in wheat spikes and grains and its application in functional analysis of HMW-GS-encoding genes

Table 2 The mean values of TP, TGP and GMP in the grains from 1Bx14 -silenced or control plants (infected with BSMV:00)

Cultivar	BSMV Construct	TP (%)	TGP (%)	GMP (%)	GMP/TP (%)
Xiaoyan 6	BSMV:00	16.50 ± 0.06A	9.23 ± 0.07A	8.34 ± 0.06A	50.55 ± 0.51A
Xiaoyan 6	BSMV:1Bx14	15.25 ± 0.04B	8.41 ± 0.08B	6.82 ± 0.12B	44.73 ± 2.93B
Shaanyou 225	BSMV:00	17.74 ± 0.07A	9.58 ± 0.10A	7.95 ± 0.04A	44.81 ± 1.89a
Shaanyou 225	BSMV:1Bx14	15.18 ± 0.13B	8.50 ± 0.11B	6.49 ± 0.09B	42.73 ± 0.75b

The mean values resulted from three independent biological replicates.
TP, TGP and GMP indicate total proteins, total glutenin polymers, and glutenin macropolymeric proteins, respectively.
Means with different capital letters indicate significantly different at P < 0.01 level.
Means with different small letters are significantly different at P < 0.05 level.

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