Table 2 Growth measurements from TAC1 RNAi plum trees and President their respective standard plum control

From: Alteration of TAC1 expression in Prunus species leads to pleiotropic shoot phenotypes

 

Standard President

TAC1 RNAi

P -value

Avg.

SD

SEM

Avg.

SD

SEM

Branch angle

a38

9.5

4.8

a17.0

10.8

2.7

<0.01

Branch length (cm)

a26

22.2

11.1

a50.0

19.1

4.8

<0.01

Branch diameter (mm)

13

4.6

2.3

12.0

3.2

0.8

0.23

Trunk diameter (mm)

a34

4.5

2.3

a42.0

5.3

1.3

0.01

Tree height (m)

3.11

0.5

0.3

3.4

0.5

0.1

0.3

  1. SD standard deviation, SEM standard error of the mean
  2. aStatistically a significant difference based on a P-value <0.05