Table 4.
Number of lateral root primordia and length of main roots
| Allele
|
Seedlings at 2 DAG
|
Seedlings at 4 DAG
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of lateral root primordiaa
|
main root length (cm)
|
number of lateral root primordiaa
|
main root length (cm)
|
|
| Wild type (Ler) | 2.0 | 0.90 | 1.3 | 1.53 |
| hy5-1 | 2.0 (1.00) | 0.66 (0.73) | 3.7 (2.85) | 1.18 (0.77) |
| Wild type (Ws) | 2.7 | 1.22 | 4.3 | 2.11 |
| hy5–Ks50 | 3.0 (1.11) | 1.30 (1.07) | 8.3 (1.93) | 1.97 (0.93) |
Average of three seedlings of each allele grown on agar plates in the light is shown. Numbers in parentheses indicate the hy5-1/wild-type ratio. The ecotypes of hy5-1 and hy5–Ks50 are Ler and Ws, respectively.
a
Primordia showing two or more cell layers were counted.