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Table 1 Pollen viability assay and mean number of seeds per fruit in wild-type and transgenic lines

From: Characterization of TM8, a MADS-box gene expressed in tomato flowers

Plant lines

Pollen viability a

Seeds per fruit b

wild-type#1

98%

28 ± 6.5

wild-type#2

97%

26.7 ± 6.7

35S:TM8#11

25%

5.8 ± 3.4

35S:TM8#12

32%

9.3 ± 4.2

35S:TM8#16

16%

0 ± 0

35S:TM8:SRDX#1

97%

0 ± 0

35S:TM8:SRDX#2

96%

0 ± 0

35S:TM8:SRDX#6

96%

0 ± 0

  1. aPollen viability assayed according to the MTT test.
  2. bMean number ± standard deviations, Values in boldface are significantly different by Student’s t test from wild-type (P <0.05).