Screening and Expression of a Silicon Transporter Gene (Lsi1) in Wild-Type Indica Rice Cultivars

Table 4

Comparisons of various physiological and morphological traits in transgenic and wild-type rice varieties.

SOV	df	Total Chl. Co. (mg/gr)	Chl. A	Chl. B	Photo. Anal.	SOD	POD	APX	CAT	Si% (leaf)
Varieties	5
Replicate	2
Error	10	0.37	0.11	0.33	0.18	0.0003	0.006	0.1	0.004	0.00003
Total	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CV	—	4.1	7.1	8.3	12.42	3.9	4.55	2.1	3.6	15.6
SOV	df	Si% (root)	Root length (cm)	RDW (g/plant) MT	RDW (g/plant) PI	RDW (g/plant) flowering stage	SDW (g/plant) MT	SDW (g/plant) PI	SDW (g/plant) flowering stage
Varieties	5
Replicate	2
Error	10	0.003	0.13	0.12	0.81	0.007	0.02	1.5	1.3
Total	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CV	—	9.3	5.8	8.9	6.13	1.47	2.8	11.1	10.3

ns and   indicate not significant and significance level of 1%, respectively. Total Chl. Co = total chlorophyll content, Chl. A = chlorophyll A, Chl. B = chlorophyll B, Photo. Anal. = photosynthesis analysis, SOD = superoxide dismutase, POD = peroxidase, APX = ascorbate peroxidase, CAT = catalase, Si% (leaf) = silicon percentage in leaves, Si% (root) = silicon percentage in roots, RDW (g/plant) MT = root dry weight at maximum tillering stage, RDW (g/plant) PI = root dry weight at panicle initiation stage, RDW (g/plant) = root dry weight at flowering stage, SDW (g/plant) MT = shoot dry weight at maximum tillering stage, SDW (g/plant) PI = shoot dry weight at panicle initiation stage, and SDW (g/plant) = shoot dry weight at flowering stage.