Table 1. Sequences of primers.

Names of primers	abbreviation	sequence (5′to 3′)	Description
OsMT2b promoter f	P-MT-F	aaaaaagcttgagatgctaatcaagtctctctg	Hind III
OsMT2b promoter r	P-MT-R	aaaagatatcagatgttgttgctgattgagctc	EcoR V
OsSRT1 promoter f	P-SRT-F	aaaagaattcgtgcttgtgtgtcattctaccc	EcoR I
OsSRT1 promoter r	P-SRT-R	aaaaggtaccggacatggtggttcagttgaaccc	Kpn I
OsPDK1 promoter f	P-PDK1-F	aaaagaattcgtagtgtcaggctgtcagcaac	EcoR I
OsPDK1 promoter r	P-PDK1-R	aaaatctagaccctaccgacaacagcaccac	Xba I
OsPDK2 promoter f	P-PDK2-F	aaaagaattccgctgtactatgagtcgtacc	EcoR I
OsPDK2 promoter r	P-PDK2-R	aaaaggtaccatcatgtagcgcaggctcac	Kpn I
Ubi promoter f	P-Ubi-F	aaaaggatccagtgcagcgtgacccggtc	BamH I
Ubi promoter r	P-Ubi-R	aaaacccgggcagaagtaacaccaaacaacagg	Sma I
OsMT2b RNAi 1	R-MT-1	aaaagaattcgctgctccatccaacaagg	EcoR I
OsMT2b RNAi 2	R-MT-2	aaaagatatcgaagcctggcacgcatgagg	EcoR V
OsMT2b RNAi 3	R-MT-3	aaaaactagtgaagcctggcacgcatgagg	Spe I
OsSRT1 RNAi 1	R-SRT-1	aaaagtcgacggctgttcgagctcttccattg	Sal I
OsSRT1 RNAi 2	R-SRT-2	aaaaggatccataccatcaagccccacaaccag	BamH I
OsSRT1 RNAi 3	R-SRT-3	aaaaaagcttcataccatcaagccccacaaccag	Hind III
OsPDK1 sense f	S-PDK1-F.	aaaagtcgactgggtctccatatatgttcac	Sal I
OsPDK1 sense r	S-PDK1-R	aaaaaagcttggactcattccgcgacttac	Hind III
OsPDK2 sense f	S-PDK2-R	aaaagtcgacgccaggctctgggtcag	Sal I
OsPDK1 sense r	S-PDK2-R	aaaaaagcttcgggtcgcgccccacg	Hind III