Fig. 3

Germination behaviour of knock-out mutants (KO) in dormancy (left) and after –ripened (right) upregulated genes: (a) Average DSDS50 (Days of Seed Dry Storage until 50% germination) values. b germination after accelerated aging. c germination in salt 130 mM; d) in mannitol (−1 MPa) and e) in ABA(0.15 μM) solutions. Significant differences are indicated (*P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01). There are differences in Col-0 values between the different experiments, however, every knock-out line has been compared to the Col-0 that was grown in the same experiment