Table 5.
Phenotypic evaluation of single and double mutants between cuc2b and the ethylene-deficient and ethylene-insensitive mutants aco1a and etr2b
| Node | Double flowers (%) | Flowers with changes in the number of floral organs with respect to the WT (%) | Bisexual flowers (%)a | Pistillate flowers (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepals | Petals | Stamens | Carpels | |||||
| wt/wt | ♀ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 ± 1.2 | |
| ♂ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| cuc2b | ♀ | 17.6 | 76 | 63 | 72 | 2.4 | 7.6 ± 1.1 | |
| ♂ | 37.4 | 69 | 60 | 81 | ||||
| aco1a | ♀ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.9 | 35.01 ± 3.4 | |
| ♂ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| etr2b | ♀ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 7.84 ± 1.35 | |
| ♂ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| cuc2b/aco1a | ♀ | 0 | 67 | 33 | 12 | 2.6 | 6.35 ± 2.15 | |
| ♀ | 17 | 32 | 65 | 39 | – | |||
| cuc2b/etr2b | ♀ | – | – | – | – | 0.0 ± 0.0 | ||
| ♀ | 26 | 65 | 40 | 56 | ||||
a Ovary-bearing flowers with anthers from the total of flowers analyzed of each genotype.