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Table 4 Silencing of Magnesium chelatase (su): Bleaching response in treated tomato plants by trial.

From: Development of a gene silencing DNA vector derived from a broad host range geminivirus

Experiment

Plants silenced after treatment

(silenced/infiltrated plants)

 
 

pWSRiA:CAT

pWSRiA:su

1

0/1

1/1

2

0/5

4/4

3

0/6

5/6

4

0/4

2/4

  1. Tomato plants were agroinfiltrated with either pWSRiA:CAT (negative control) or with pWSRiA:ChlI to silence the sulfur allele of magnesium chelatase. Plants were scored for leaf bleaching indicative of silencing beginning 3 weeks post-infiltration.
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Plant Methods

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