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Table 1 Morphological features of the transgenic tobacco plants of T4 generation

Plant line	Plant height, cm*	Stem diameter, mm*	Leave square, cm²*	Number of bolls (seed pods), pieces*	Weight of 1000 seeds, mg*
CYPL1	139 ± 12	1.74 ± 0.42	480 ± 65	63 ± 14	69.8 ± 1.9
CYPL2	132 ± 14	1.82 ± 0.43	425 ± 87	51 ± 21	80.2 ± 0.9
CYPL3	130 ± 11	1.87 ± 0.60	338 ± 58	80 ± 14	65.2 ± 1.5
CYPL4	124 ± 12	1.96 ± 0.50	610 ± 102	58 ± 20	80.5 ± 1.3
pG1	89 ± 24	1.49 ± 0.28	210 ± 31	39 ± 13	50.3 ± 0.9
K1	87 ± 15	1.24 ± 0.28	241 ± 38	39 ± 13	50.3 ± 1.7

CYPL1–CYPL4 – independent lines of transgenic tobacco plants expressing CYP11A1 cDNA; pG1 – plants transformed with an empty vector (not containing CYP11A1 cDNA) and K1 – control plants. The data represent average values (± standard deviation) for the n = 30 samples
*All these differencies between transgenic (CYPL1-CYPL4) and control (K1 and pG1) lines are statistically valid (P < 0,05)

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