Fig. 3
From: Salicylic acid-related ribosomal protein CaSLP improves drought and Pst.DC3000 tolerance in pepper
Transient expression of CaSLP significantly improved pepper drought tolerance. A The transcript levels of CaSLP. B Phenotype of CaSLP-To (Transient overexpression) and the control (35S::GFP) plants before and after 48 h of drought treatment. Plants were treated under water deficit conditions for 48 h. C-G Stomatal aperture (C), Water loss rate (D), H2O2 content (E), O2..− content (F), Contents of CaSLP-To and the control plants before and after 48 h of drought treatment. G Stomatal aperture. H Stomatal density. I-K Transcript levels of the stomatal development genes SDD1 (H), YODA (I), and FAMA(J) were measured by qRT-PCR in CaSLP-To and the control plants before and after the drought treatment. Values are means ± SD (n = 3). Different asterisks represent significant differences (*, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01)