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Table 2 Yield component differences between wild-type and transgenic lines

From: Enhancing xanthine dehydrogenase activity is an effective way to delay leaf senescence and increase rice yield

Lines

Effective spikes per plant

Grain number per spike

Setting rate (%)

Thousand kernel weight (g)

Spike length (cm)

Grain length (mm)

Grain width (mm)

Grain thickness (mm)

WT

35.33 ± 3.21 a

35.30 ± 5.04 a

74.97 ± 2.64 a

24.15 ± 1.11 ab

11.36 ± 0.22 b

7.43 ± 0.28 a

3.30 ± 0.11 ab

2.30 ± 0.20 a

Ri3

32.00 ± 4.00 a

41.44 ± 8.61 a

63.03 ± 4.87 b

22.51 ± 1.76 b

10.97 ± 0.47 b

7.01 ± 0.19 b

3.24 ± 0.05 b

2.17 ± 0.04 a

OE9

36.67 ± 3.21 a

42.39 ± 6.12 a

79.63 ± 3.01 a

24.88 ± 0.53 a

12.75 ± 0.19 a

7.52 ± 0.22 a

3.34 ± 0.08 a

2.25 ± 0.07 a

  1. All grains measured after harvest and drying for 3 days. Values are means±SEM, n = 5. Significant differences (P < 0.05) are denoted by different lowercase letters