Expression of a cucumber alanine aminotransferase2 gene improves nitrogen use efficiency in transgenic rice

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 1 Root and shoot characters of control and transgenic rice plants in MS medium containing 1/16 concentration of nitrogen

Line	Root length (cm)	Shoot length (cm)	Wet biomass		Dry biomass
Line	Root length (cm)	Shoot length (cm)	Root (g)	Shoot (g)	Root (g)	Shoot (g)
Control	11.74	33.32	0.11	0.16	0.019	0.031
FAM1	9.47	31.40	0.11	0.16	0.018	0.027
FAM2	11.17	32,90	0.11	0.17	0.019	0.032
FAM3	9.10	33.07	0.12	0.17	0.020	0.028
FAM4	9.60	32.13	0.12	0.17	0.021	0.034
FAM5	16.37*	32.43	0.17**	0.19	0.033*	0.033
FAM6	11.33	32.53	0.11	0.17	0.017	0.025
FAM8	8.30	22.87	0.09	0.13	0.016	0.019
FAM9	10.83	33.60	0.11	0.16	0.018	0.030
FAM10	14.07	33.13	0.10	0.17	0.014	0.027
FAM12	11.40	29.30	0.08	0.14	0.014	0.022
FAM13	9.80	28.67	0.19**	0.18	0.030*	0.033
FAM16	9.87	32	0.093	0.183	0.016	0.025
FAM17	9.97	32.43	0.107	0.180	0.017	0.026