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Table 6 The effects of drought stress and seed treatment on plant biomass (wet – dry weight) and shoot height (± SEM) at the three time points (7, 10, and 13d)

From: Transcriptional response of soybean to thiamethoxam seed treatment in the presence and absence of drought stress

  

7d

10d

13d

  

Plant

Shoot

Plant

Shoot

Plant

Shoot

Treatment

Stress type

Biomass (g)a

Height (cm)

Biomass (g)

Height (cm)

Biomass (g)

Height (cm)

Thiamethoxam

No stress

4.2 ± 0.1 a

11.1 ± 0.3 ab

6.3 ± 0.4 a

15.8 ± 0.4 a

9.3 ± 0.7 a

20.8 ± 0.4 a

Thiamethoxam

Drought stress

2.9 ± 0.1 b

10.7 ± 0.2 b

2.0 ± 0.1 b

11.3 ± 0.3 b

2.0 ± 0.1 b

11.9 ± 0.3 b

Untreated

No stress

4.5 ± 0.2 a

11.9 ± 0.2 a

6.8 ± 0.2 a

16.3 ± 0.2 a

10.7 ± 0.5 a

22.7 ± 0.3 c

Untreated

Drought stress

3.2 ± 0.2 b

11.2 ± 0.2 ab

1.8 ± 0.1 b

10.9 ± 0.3 b

1.4 ± 0.1 b

10.8 ± 0.2 b

  1. aTreatment means within the same column followed by the same letter indicate no significant differences (P ≤ 0.05), LSD test.
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BMC Genomics

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