The rooting systems of the transgenic plants were larger as compared to the wild type tomatoes (Fig. 3A and B). Notwithstanding the robust rooting system of the transgenic plants there was no vertical root growth. The flowering time for the EgCBF3 lines was delayed by at least 1 week compared to the wild type tomatoes. However, fewer flowers were produced in the wild type tomato plants, and the size of the flowers was significantly smaller than that of the EgCBF3 lines ( Fig. 4). Additionally, the number of abnormal flowers in the transgenic plants was significantly higher than in the normal plants (Table 2). This cultivar consistently produced five petals per flower in this assay and in our last investigation under the same conditions. However, in the transgenic plants, the petal length was significantly more than WT and a considerable number of flowers with six petals were produced (Table 2 and Fig. 4). Despite having more flowers, there was no fruits in the transgenic tomato plants and all of the flowers dried and fell after pollination.