RESEARCH REPORTS TGC REPORT 52, 2002
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Table 4. A morphometric analysis of control and transgenic tomatoes growing in soil
Height
(cm)
Leaves
number
Mean leaf
area
(mm 2)
Upper part
(g)
Root
(g)
Ventura cv.
Control
70.6±4.7
9.1±0.7
281.3±8.3
310.0±35.7
37.8±6.5
Transgenic
88.8±6.5
10.7±0.8
351.7±19.5
423.3±60.0
64.5±8.0
Verlioka cv.
Control
49.0±5.6
9.5±0.7
375.0±1.7
333.3±89.8
28.2±1.2
Transgenic 118.2±21.6
30.0±5.0
1250.0±5.4
1133.3±189.0
38.1±3.1
The determination was performed in the stage of fruit ripening. Fruit weight
excluded.
Table 5. Characteristics of tomato fruits
Yield per plant
(g)
Weight of red fruit
per plant (g)
Number red fruits
per plant
Ventura cv.
Control
6021
4613
224
Transgenic
8006
7023
301
Verlioka cv.
Control
3159
1640
99
Transgenic
3974
2313
111
Bumerang hybrid
Control
4649
3290
133
Transgenic
6316
4802
179
Therefore, transgenesis and expression of the iaglu gene enhanced the auxin status
of the transgenic plants that appeared to be a stimulating factor providing faster plant
growth, floral development as well as the improvement of productivity in genetically
modified tomato plant.
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