Table 1.

Summary of panicle traits in wild-type and sle1 plants. Values indicate the mean of ten samples ±SE. Asterisks indicate results that were significantly different from the wild type (WT) at P <0.05 (*) and P <0.01 (**) (t-test).

	Panicle length (cm)	No. of primary branches per panicle	No. of spikelets per panicle	Spikelet length (mm)	Spikelet width (mm)
WT	21.9±0.7	10.8±0.4	114.3±8.8	7.6±0.1	3.7±0.05
sle1-1	18.9±0.5**	7.0±0.6**	57.5±4.5**	7.7±0.2	2.9±0.04**
sle1-2	15.1±0.6**	6.4±0.4**	40.0±3.2**	8.0±0.1*	3.1±0.03**