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
Figure 3
Comparison of shoot growth of DT2008 and W82 plants under drought stress. (a) Five-day-old DT2008 and W82 plants grown in pots were exposed to 15 or 20 days of water withholding, and their shoot lengths were compared. (b) Five-day-old DT2008 and W82 plants grown in pots were exposed to 15 or 20 days of water withholding, and their shoot fresh weights were compared. (c) Five-day-old DT2008 and W82 plants grown in pots were exposed to 15 or 20 days of water withholding, and their shoot dry weights were compared. (d) Numbers of the trifoliate leaves of well-watered and stressed DT2008 and W82 plants were counted at 5-day intervals during growth to determine relative number of trifolia at indicated time points for comparison. Error bars represent standard errors ( plants/genotype). Asterisks indicate significant differences as determined by a Student’s -test (*; **; ***).
