Expression and phenotypic analysis of <i>EcbHLH57</i> expressing tobacco transgenic and wild type plants.

<p>A) qRT-PCR analysis of tobacco transgenic plants overexpressing <i>EcbHLH57</i>. Photograph showing phenotype of wild type and transgenic plants at B) 90 days and C) 120 days after germination. Histogram showing D) Plant height and E) Leaf area of third fully expanded leaf, F) Internode length and G) Stem girth of transgenic and wild type plants. Arrows indicate distance between two internodes. Data represent mean of three replications (n = 3) and bars indicate standard error of mean. The lowercase letters that are different indicate significant difference (Duncan’s multiple range test, P<0.05) between transgenic and wild type plants. WT-wild type, M2, M3 and M4- Transgenic plants.