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Table 1 A comparative study* of physical, chemical and anatomical characteristics

From: Functional characterization of a serine-threonine protein kinase from Bambusa balcooathat implicates in cellulose overproduction and superior quality fiber formation

Sample

Slenderness ratio

Flexibility coefficient

Runkle ratio

Cellulose content

Mean number of fiber cells

Control

17.8 ± 1.6a

37.6 ± 1.7a

1.7 ± 0.1b

119.0 ± 1.8a

22 ± 2a

S1

22.6 ± 1.2b

42.4 ± 1.1b

1.4 ± 0.1a

138.3 ± 2.6b

30 ± 2b

S2

23.1 ± 0.6b

44.7 ± 0.8b

1.2 ± 0.1a

131.7 ± 2.3b

31 ± 2b

S3

23.1 ± 0.9b

45.0 ± 2.1b

1.2 ± 0.1a

156.3 ± 2.3c

31 ± 2b

S4

22.8 ± 1.3b

44.0 ± 1.5b

1.3 ± 0.1a

148.3 ± 2.1bc

32 ± 2b

S5

23.6 ± 1.2b

44.8 ± 2.0b

1.2 ± 0.1a

165.8 ± 2.5c

30 ± 2b

  1. *Fibers isolated from transgenic (S1-S5) and vector transformed (control) tobacco plants. Mean value followed by same superscripts within a column do not differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05) according to DMRT.