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Table 2 Agronomic performance of Williams 82 and GmAKT2 -overexpressing transgenic (Oe1 and Oe2) plants with or without SMV inoculation

From: Overexpression of GmAKT2potassium channel enhances resistance to soybean mosaic virus

Genotype

Mock

SMV Inoculation

WT

Oe1

Oe2

WT

Oe1

Oe2

Plant height (cm)

62.4 ± 3.5a

63.3 ± 2.8a

64.9 ± 3.1a

48.4 ± 6.4b

62.3 ± 3.9a

62.7 ± 3.3a

Branch number

2.1 ± 0.6a

2.5 ± 0.5a

2.3 ± 0.7a

1.1 ± 0.7b

2.4 ± 0.5a

2.2 ± 0.4a

Node number

19.0 ± 1.6a

19.3 ± 1.1a

20.1 ± 1.0a

16.8 ± 0.9b

18.8 ± 0.6a

20.3 ± 0.8a

Pod number/plant

53.9 ± 7.4a

54.1 ± 7.0a

51.9 ± 6.5a

26.7 ± 7.1b

51.3 ± 8.5a

49.5 ± 9.4a

Seed number/plant

95.1 ± 12.4a

98.0 ± 8.9a

94.6 ± 10.2a

46.5 ± 12.8b

95.0 ± 16.1a

90.3 ± 14.3a

Seed weight (g)/plant

11.0 ± 1.0ab

11.5 ± 0.9a

11.0 ± 2.0ab

4.9 ± 1.4c

10.6 ± 2.1ab

10.0 ± 1.3b

100 seed weight (g)

11.7 ± 0.9a

11.8 ± 1.0a

11.5 ± 1.1a

10.5 ± 0.7b

11.1 ± 0.7ab

11.2 ± 0.8ab

Seed coat browning

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

  1. Data collected from a field experiment in Anhui province, 2012. Data are given as means ± SD. Different letters in a row indicate significant differences (LSD, P <0.05).