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Table 1 Plant biomass and seed yield in Arabidopsis Col-0 plants and Arabidopsis lines overexpressing BnaFAX1-1

From: The Brassica napus fatty acid exporter FAX1-1 contributes to biological yield, seed oil content, and oil quality

Traits

WT

OE/At#1

OE/At#2

OE/At#3

OE/At#4

Stem fresh weight (mg/cm)

12.57 ± 0.79

12.63 ± 2.03

15.31 ± 2.00**

15.9 ± 1.28**

15.86 ± 2.66**

Stem diameter (mm)

0.97 ± 0.11

1.04 ± 0.08

1.16 ± 0.99**

1.23 ± 0.14**

1.21 ± 0.08**

Plant height (cm)

32.6 ± 3.37

39.74 ± 2.21**

38.9 ± 1.13**

37.75 ± 2.5**

37.49 ± 2.37**

Rosette fresh weight (g)

1.09 ± 0.14

1.28 ± 0.17*

1.43 ± 0.3*

1.58 ± 0.36**

1.44 ± 0.32*

Rosette dry weight (g)

0.17 ± 0.02

0.18 ± 0.02

0.22 ± 0.02**

0.23 ± 0.05**

0.23 ± 0.04**

Fresh weight of BYAG (g)

2.91 ± 0.24

4.44 ± 0.48**

4.20 ± 0.45**

4.85 ± 0.57**

4.31 ± 0.43**

Dry weight of BYAG (g)

0.45 ± 0.05

0.65 ± 0.07**

0.68 ± 0.04**

0.76 ± 0.10**

0.65 ± 0.14**

Length of siliques (cm)

1.6 ± 0.09

1.57 ± 0.04

1.62 ± 0.09

1.67 ± 0.07

1.59 ± 0.1

Number of siliques per plant

349.7 ± 24.18

408.7 ± 32.1**

416.4 ± 39.05**

501.9 ± 45.95**

412.75 ± 57.54*

Number of seeds per silique

61.06 ± 6.24

64.33 ± 3.56

60.78 ± 4.93

63.33 ± 5.69

61.94 ± 6.63

Weight of per 1000 seeds (mg)

19.15 ± 0.28

18.37 ± 0.68

18.58 ± 0.11

19.12 ± 0.12

19.36 ± 0.58

Seed yield per plant (mg)

118.5 ± 34

179.8 ± 45**

174.9 ± 54*

241.7 ± 51**

172.0 ± 42*

  1. BYAG: biological yield of above ground organs
  2. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, Student’s t test (n = 6–10 ± SD)