Table 2 Mean productivity of T 0 plants, the weight and the CKX activity in the roots of cv. Golden Promise and cv. Scarlett transformed with the silencing cassette for HvCKX2 gene via the biolistic method
Cultivar (number of plants) | Number of grains | Grain yield (g) | 1000 grain weight (g) | Mean weight of T1 roots (mg) | Relative CKX activity in T1 roots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Golden Promise | |||||
Biolistic (5) | 163.3 ±88.38 | 4.70 ±3.03 | 25.6 ±9.29 | 38.8 ±13.26 | 1.03 ±0.12 |
Control (3) | 240.3 ±31.9 | 7.73 ±1.34 | 32.2 ±0.59 | 44.6 ±2.14 | 1.00 ±0.00 |
Scarlett | |||||
Biolistic (1) | 93 | 2.99 | 32.1 | 36.3 | 2.37 |
Control (6) | 191.0 ±42.1 | 6.18 ±1.05 | 32.9 ±3.28 | 35.4 ±4.97 | 1.00 ±0.00 |