Fig. 5

Germination and greening rates of wild type (WT) and transgenic (TG1, TG3 and TG6) plants in response to salt treatment. a, seed germination of WT and AsHSP26.8a TG plants subjected to 0, 125 and 150 mM of NaCl 6 d after treatment. b, germination and c, greening percentages of WT and TG seeds subjected to 0, 125 and 150 mM NaCl 6 d after treatment (n = 3). Each column represents mean of three biological replicates. Error bars represent SE. ‘*’ or ‘**’ indicate significant differences between TG and WT plants at P < 0.05 or 0.01 respectively by Student’s t test. The layout of the plates is shown on the upper right-hand corner