Over-expression of a NAC 67 transcription factor from finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) confers tolerance against salinity and drought stress in rice

Table 1 Agronomic performance of non-transgenic and transgenic ASD16 lines under normal and salinity stress conditions

	Plant height (cm)		Panicle length (cm)		Spikelet sterility %		Yield (g/plant)
	Control	Stress	Control	Stress	Control	% reduction over control during salinity stress	Control	Stress
Non -transgenic ASD16	95.40 ± 0.95	50.23 ± 1.81	27.30 ± 0.52	18.55 ± 1.05	23.98 ± 0.81	40.82 ± 1.76	21.82 ± 0.68	6.64 ± 0.80
EcNAC67-E1	94.83 ± 1.02	80.23 ± 3.21	27.17 ± 0.14	20.33 ± 0.27	22.84 ± 0.93	11.70 ± 0.67	23.02 ± 1.40	16.29 ± 0.77
EcNAC67-E2	94.20 ± 0.99	74.05 ± 0.88	27.50 ± 1.06	19.25 ± 0.53	25.24 ± 0.87	21.84 ± 0.52	23.44 ± 0.65	11.65 ± 0.18
EcNAC67-E3	92.00 ± 1.27	78.43 ± 2.58	29.75 ± 0.88	23.57 ± 0.24	23.41 ± 0.97	15.76 ± 0.51	20.88 ± 0.14	14.41 ± 0.43
EcNAC67-E4	94.15 ± 1.17	75.43 ± 0.99	26.25 ± 0.88	21.67 ± 1.19	23.35 ± 0.04	20.88 ± 1.19	21.75 ± 2.15	16.49 ± 0.39
EcNAC67-E5	95.50 ± 1.41	75.43 ± 1.42	26.67 ± 0.72	19.83 ± 1.21	25.90 ± 1.30	20.79 ± 0.55	22.50 ± 0.46	17.26 ± 0.32

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