Table 3 Agronomic characteristics of WT, null transgenic and overexpression transgenic soybean plants in field

Plant height (cm)

83 ± 3^a

87 ± 8^a

83 ± 8^a

89 ± 10^a

83 ± 15^a

87 ± 6^a

Branch number

4.6 ± 1.1^a

5.6 ± 2.1^a

4.7 ± 1.4^a

4.8 ± 2.1^a

5.4 ± 2.3^a

5.0 ± 0.9^a

Node number/plant

24.6 ± 1.1^a

24.7 ± 1.1^a

23.7 ± 2.7^a

24.3 ± 2.0^a

23.2 ± 1.6^a

22.7 ± 2.^4a

Pod number/plant

175 ± 24^ab

197 ± 40^ab

195 ± 18^ab

174 ± 28^ab

200 ± 56^a

166 ± 34^ab

Seed number/plant

425 ± 62^a

423 ± 78^a

435 ± 45^a

417 ± 69^a

441 ± 175^a

406 ± 93^a

Seed weight (g)/plant

49.6 ± 12.1^b

47.7 ± 14.2^b

59.5 ± 6.5^a

56.7 ± 8.2^a

58.5 ± 23.0^a

53.7 ± 12.4^a

100 seed weight (g)

14.0 ± 0.5^b

13.6 ± 1.6^b

16.4 ± 0.8^a

17.4 ± 1.8^a

16.8 ± 1.7^a

16.7 ± 1.0^a

10 seed length (cm)

7.20 ± 0.07^c

7.14 ± 0.11^c

8.02 ± 0.08^a

7.72 ± 0.08^b

7.71 ± 0.08^b

7.80 ± 0.09^b

10 seed width (cm)

6.28 ± 0.13^c

6.36 ± 0.11^c

7.26 ± 0.05^a

6.90 ± 0.07^b

7.02 ± 0.08^b

6.95 ± 0.10^b