Better Rooting Procedure to Enhance Survival Rate of Field Grown Malaysian Eksotika Papaya Transformed with 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid Oxidase Gene

Table 6

Growth performance of transformed and nontransformed papaya plants 6 months after field planting.

Parameter	Putative transgenic plant (cm)	Control (nontransformed plant) (cm)
Plant height	181.78 ± 21.00	201 ± 25.00
Stem girth	18.12 ± 1.42	22 ± 1.23
Height of first flower	123.20 ± 9.21	185 ± 7.9
Height of first fruit	123.20 ± 9.21	185 ± 7.9
Mean internode length	2.10 ± 0.22	2.56 ± 0.90

Data is presented as a mean of 60 transgenic papaya plants and 10 control untransformed plants with ± standard deviation.