Ectopic expression of AtDGAT1, encoding diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase exclusively committed to TAG biosynthesis, enhances oil accumulation in seeds and leaves of Jatropha

Table 1 Physiological parameter comparison between wild type and AtDGAT1 transgenic lines

	Plant height (cm)	Primary branch^a	Secondary branches^b	Seed number per tree	Seed length (mm)	Seed width (mm)	Seed breadth (mm)	10 seeds weight (g)
WT	169.47	4	4.5 ± 0.6	76	18.35 ± 0.21	10.65 ± 0.15	8.95 ± 0.29	7.13 ± 0.21
TR1	170.68	3	8.6 ± 0.7	47	18.36 ± 0.12	10.71 ± 0.13	9.19 ± 0.20	7.47 ± 0.07
TR2	179.83	3	5.3 ± 2.7	83	18.94 ± 0.16	10.90 ± 0.13	8.94 ± 0.18	7.39 ± 0.06
TR3	163.07	4	4.6 ± 1.2	43	18.38 ± 0.23	10.72 ± 0.17	9.137 ± 0.12	7.52 ± 0.07
TR4	167.34	3	6.0 ± 0.6	46	18.78 ± 0.21	11.39 ± 0.16	8.64 ± 0.23	7.54 ± 0.05
TR5	172.68	3	4.3 ± 0.7	65	18.35 ± 0.14	10.51 ± 0.14	8.83 ± 0.14	7.43 ± 0.11

^aNumber of branches after pruning
^bAverage secondary branches per primary branch (Sample size for measurement was n = 10)

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