To test the performance of these transformants under natural
conditions, WT and the transgenic plant lines were grown in experimental
field plots to measure their growth and yield potential.
Twenty plants of each plant line were harvested and analyzed for
the following agronomic traits: culm length (CL), panicle length
(PL), panicle number per hill (PNPH), spikelet number per panicle
(SNPP), and percentage per grain ripening (PGR) while 80 plants
were used to assess 1000-grain weight (TGW) and grain yield (YI)
(Table 3).