Table IV.
Total shoot dry matter yields in a field trial at Elora, Ontario, of spaced transgenic plants of alfalfa clones N4-4-2 and V4-11-3 containing T-DNA from the vector pEXSOD10
| Parent | Vector | 1997
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1998
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| n | g/plant | n | g/plant | ||
| N4-4-2 | Control | 6 | 47 ± 10.8 | 6 | 46 ± 11.7 |
| pEXSOD10 | 91 | 46 ± 2.8 | 89 | 46 ± 3.0 | |
| V4-11-3 | Control | 6 | 24 ± 10.8 | 4 | 26 ± 14.5 |
| pEXSOD10 | 17 | 28 ± 6.4 | 16 | 20 ± 7.1 | |
The experiment was established in spring 1996, with three blocks each containing three controls and 32 (N4-4-2) and seven (V4-11-3) independent transgenic plants randomly arranged within each block. Values are the least squares means ± se for all independent transgenic plants surviving the winter. Total shoot dry matter yields are the sum of three harvests in each year. n is the number of observations in each mean (replications × no. of independent transgenic plants minus missing plots and minus plots not surviving the winter).