Figure 1.

Phenotypic comparison of wild-type (WT) and homozygous tld1-D rice plants at various stages of development. A, Seedling stage. B, Tillering stage. tld1-D displayed a dwarf-like phenotype with excess tillering. C, Heading stage. The shorter panicle and increased flag leaf angle in tld1-D are shown (right). D, Primary culms at the filling stage. Arrowheads indicate the nodes. E, Statistics for the flag and second leaf angles at the stage shown in C (n = 15). F, Statistics for the length of each internode and panicle shown in D (n = 15). G, Mature rice plants at the filling stage, showing the increased number of tillers in tld1-D. H, Statistics for the number of tillers in the wild-type and tld1-D plants at different stages.