Research Article

Genotype-dependent Burst of Transposable Element Expression in Crowns of Hexaploid Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) during Cold Acclimation

Table 1

Vernalization genotype and minimum cold tolerance of near isogenic lines used in these studies.

LineGenotypeLT50

Winter Norstarvrn-A1, vrn-B1, vrn-D1−23a
Spring ManitouVrn-A1, vrn-B1, vrn-D1−8.3c
Winter Manitouvrn-A1, vrn-B1, vrn-D1−13.3b
Spring NorstarVrn-A1, vrn-B1, vrn-D1−13b

LT50 indicates the lowest temperature by which 50% of the treated samples survived after acclimation; a to c: within columns, mean numbers followed by the same letter are not different as determined by Duncan’s new multiple range test ( ).