Effect on Soil Properties of BcWRKY1 Transgenic Maize with Enhanced Salinity Tolerance

Figure 3

Enhanced salt tolerance of transgenic versus wild-type seedlings under 300 mM NaCl. Wild-type and transgenic maize plants were treated with 0.5x Hoagland’s nutrient solution and either 0 mM NaCl (control) or 300 mM NaCl for 7 days. WL-73, LH1037 plants transformed with BcWRKY1; WT, wild-type LH1037 plants. Note: salt tolerance of transgenic maize compared to WT. Photographs were taken after salt treatment. BcWRKY1-overexpressing T6 transgenic and WT maize plants under salt-stressed (300 mM NaCl) and nonstressed conditions after 7 days.