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Table 2 Transformation efficiency of the one-step ARM transformation method for different soybean ecotypes

From: One-step generation of composite soybean plants with transgenic roots by Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation

Genotype

Numbers of plants infected

Numbers of the explants produced hairy roots

Numbers of hairy roots

(per seedling)

Number of GUS-positive roots

(per seedling)

Transformation efficiency

Transformation frequency

Williams82

30

30

12.4 ± 3.8 A

6.5 ± 2.7 A

100%

52.4%

Jindou 17

30

30

8.9 ± 2.0 CD

3.4 ± 0.9 C

96.7%

38.2%

Zhonghuang 39

32

32

8.7 ± 2.0 D

3.1 ± 0.9 C

96.7%

35.6%

Xiangfeng4

32

32

10.6 ± 2.2 BC

3.8 ± 1.1 C

100%

35.8%

Hedou19

30

30

10.0 ± 2.3 BCD

3.9 ± 1.1 C

100%

39%

PI377578

30

30

8.9 ± 2.1 CD

3.1 ± 1.2 C

96.7%

34.8%

Peking

30

30

11.5 ± 2.4 AB

5.1 ± 1.3 B

100%

44.3%