Deletions of the SACPD-C locus elevate seed stearic acid levels but also result in fatty acid and morphological alterations in nitrogen fixing nodules

Table 5 Quantitation of nodule mass and nitrogen fixation in SACPD-C mutant lines and wild-type lines

Mean nodule fresh weight (grams) ± one standard deviation¹
Genotype	n=	3 weeks		n=	4 weeks		n=	5 weeks
W82 (WT)	11	0.25 ± 0.06	A	10	0.495 ± 0.092	A	10	0.382 ± 0.104	A
FN8-10	9	0.24 ± 0.05	A	10	0.369 ± 0.110	B	10	0.329 ± 0.075	AB
Dare (WT)	8	0.28 ± 0.06	A	10	0.275 ± 0.051	B	8	0.275 ± 0.051	B
FAM94-41	9	0.23 ± 0.06	A	9	0.328 ± 0.055	B	10	0.328 ± 0.055	AB
Mean nitrogen fixation (μmole C₄H₄gram⁻¹ hr⁻¹) ± one standard deviation¹
Genotype	n=	3 weeks		n=	4 weeks		n=	5 weeks
W82 (WT)	11	9.86 ± 2.67	A	10	5.27 ± 0.97	A	10	4.81 ± 1.10	A
FN8-10	9	11.28 ± 2.31	A	10	5.84 ± 2.04	A	10	6.10 ± 1.26	A
Dare (WT)	8	5.40 ± 0.72	B	10	3.52 ± 0.67	B	8	2.63 ± 0.86	B
FAM94-41	9	6.19 ± 1.21	B	9	3.23 ± 0.90	B	10	2.80 ± 1.14	B

¹Letters adjacent to mean + standard deviation indicates result of Tukey’s HSD test (α = 0.05); common letters indicate insignificant differences between means.

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