Table 1. Comparison of leaf angle, leaf length and width, internode length and plant height between wild-type and dil1 mutant plants.
Trait | Wild type | dil338 | dil474 |
Leaf angle: 3rd leaf above ear (degree) | 48.2 | 28.4*** | 18.2**** |
Leaf angle: 3rd leaf below ear (degree) | 36.1 | 28.8*** | 20.0**** |
Leaf length: 3rd leaf above ear (cm) | 63.2 | 41.6**** | 39.1**** |
Leaf length: 3rd leaf below ear (cm) | 103.3 | 62.7**** | 58.5**** |
Leaf width: 3rd leaf above ear (cm) | 8.2 | 11.1**** | 9.3* |
Leaf width: 3rd leaf below ear (cm) | 7.6 | 10.7**** | 9.1** |
Internode length: 3rd above ear (cm) | 17.0 | 9.6**** | 11.2**** |
Internode length: 3rd below ear (cm) | 19.3 | 10.0**** | 11.1**** |
Plant height (cm) | 192.6 | 136.3**** | 134.4**** |
Means of 12 plants. Number of stars (*) indicates level of significance from Student t-test:
0.01≤P≤0.05,
0.001≤P≤0.01,
0.0001≤P≤0.001,
P≤0.0001.