Characterization of the Newly Developed Soybean Cultivar DT2008 in Relation to the Model Variety W82 Reveals a New Genetic Resource for Comparative and Functional Genomics for Improved Drought Tolerance

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Comparison of shoot growth of DT2008 and W82 plants under well-watered conditions. (a) Comparison of shoot lengths of DT2008 and W82 plants after growth in pots for 5, 10, 20, and 25 days. (b) Comparison of fresh weights of 5-, 10-, 20-, and 25-day-old DT2008 and W82 plants. (c) Comparison of dry weights of 5-, 10-, 20- and 25-day-old DT2008 and W82 plants. For 5- and 10-day-old plants, 𝑛=20 plants/genotype. For 20- and 25-day-old plants, 𝑛=10 plants/genotype. (d) Comparison of numbers of trifoliate leaves of DT2008 and W82 plants at indicated time points (𝑛=10). Error bars represent standard errors. Asterisks indicate significant differences as determined by a Student’s 𝑡-test (*𝑃<0.05; **𝑃<0.01; ***𝑃<0.001).

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