Table 3.

Effects of TFMSA treatments on N. benthamiana, diploid A. thaliana and tetraploid A. thaliana

TFMSA (concentration mg/l)	Species	Mean plant height (cm)	Mean number of
			Branches	Silique or fruit with seeds	Silique or fruit without seeds
0	N. benthamiana	64.3	23.7	55.3	26.3
	dip.a A. thaliana	46.0	5.75	44.3	3.50
	tet.b A. thaliana	45.3	8.33	16.3†	11.3
62.5	N. benthamiana	64.2	23.7	24.7*	5.67**
	dip. A. thaliana	35.3*	9.75*	5.50**	26.3**
	tet. A. thaliana	43.5	8.33	20.7	16.7
125	N. benthamiana	62.1	20.3	16.7**	3.33**
	dip. A. thaliana	22.8**	12.8**	0**	14.8**
	tet. A. thaliana	39.3††	8.67	11.3	25.7
250	N. benthamiana	61.7	22.7	10.0**	4.33**
	dip. A. thaliana	12.5**	14.0**	0**	6.00
	tet. A. thaliana	41.2††	9.00	2	28.7*††
500	N. benthamiana	56.0	19.0	3.33**	0.333**
	dip. A. thaliana	5.88**	10.5**	NA	NA
	tet. A. thaliana	36.7††	11.3	0.667	34.7*
1000	N. benthamiana	44.0**	11.7**	0**	0**
	dip. A. thaliana	2.13**	6.50	NA	NA
	tet. A. thaliana	33.8*††	11.7*	0	30.0*

n = 4 in tetraploid A. thaliana Col, n = 3 in diploid A. thaliana Col and N. benthamiana, for each treatment

NA no flower formation was observed 

*, **Significantly different from the control at 5% (p < 0.05) or 1% (p < 0.01) using Student t test

^†,††Significantly different from diploid A. thaliana at 5% (p < 0.05) or 1% (p < 0.01) using Student t test

^aDiploid, ^bTetraploid