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Table 4 Viability of the wild-type genetic background and respective mutants after freezing.

From: ESKIMO1 is a key gene involved in water economy as well as cold acclimation and salt tolerance

Mutant line

% viability mutant

(wild type) % viability wt

p-value

esk1-4

8.82

(Col-0) 1.82

S*

esk1-5

42.11

(Col-0) 10.43

S***

esk1-1

40.69

(Col-0) 6.84

S***

esk1-6

16.76

(WS) 6.52

S**

  1. Plants were acclimated for 7 days at 5°C and then exposed to -8°C for 48H. % of viability was scored as described in the methods. S*: significant with 0.05 > p-value > 0.01; S**: significant with 0.01 > p-value > 0.001; S***: significant with p-value < 0.001.