10.1371/journal.pone.0111152.g002 Vittal Pruthvi Vittal Pruthvi Rama Narasimhan Rama Narasimhan Karaba N. Nataraja Karaba N. Nataraja Performance of selected transgenic lines (L1 & L7) co-expressing <i>AtDREB2A</i>, <i>AtHB7</i> and <i>AtABF3</i> under mannitol-induced stress at seedling stage. Public Library of Science 2014 Abiotic Stress Responsive Transcription Factors tmv AtABF 3 water use efficiency water conservation chlorophyll stability abiotic stresses AhSerine threonine kinase AhAldehyde reductase gene expression water mining oxidative stresses stress activates stress AtDREB 2A AtHB 7 stress acclimation proline synthesis Reactive oxygen species AhLea 4. plant growth drought tolerance Simultaneous Expression tf crop plants stress tolerance CT pathways Transgenic plants abiotic stress tolerance plant biomass 2014-12-04 03:13:37 Figure https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Performance_of_selected_transgenic_lines_L1_L7_co_expressing_AtDREB2A_AtHB7_and_AtABF3_under_mannitol_induced_stress_at_seedling_stage_/1260389 <p>The seedlings were exposed to mannitol (200 mM) for seven days and photographed (<b>a</b>). The seedlings were then allowed to recover from stress for 15 days (<b>b</b>). The relative root growth after stress (<b>c & d</b>) and recovery (<b>e & f</b>) was recorded. The bar represents the mean ± SE (n = 8) (student’s t test; *P<0.05 versus wild-type).</p>