Table 2.
Percentage of each trichome branching phenotype on the 8th rosette leaves of different genotypes
| Line | Percentage of trichome branchesa
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Cluster | |
| Wild type (Col) | 0±0 | 14.8±3.3 | 81.6±7.2 | 3.6±1.8 | 0±0 | 0±0 |
| gis | 0±0 | 8.2±2.4** | 69.2±3.0** | 21.9±2.5** | 0.7±0.4** | 0±0 |
| sim | 2.9±0.5** | 8.0±1.1** | 79.4±6.7 | 4.5±2.3 | 0±0 | 5.2±2.0** |
| 35S:GIS-sim | 2.9±1.8** | 12.5±2.8 | 84.6±5.1 | 0±0** | 0±0 | 0±0 |
| gis sim | 0±0 | 7.9±5.5** | 74.2±7.4* | 17.9±5.9** | 0±0 | 0±0 |
a
Trichomes were counted on the adaxial surface of the 8th rosette leaves of 16 plants. Values indicate mean±standard deviation (SD) (n=16). All significant test analyses were done using the corresponding wild type data as the control. The experiment was repeated at least once with similar results
*
t-test was calculated at the probability of 5% (P<0.05)
**
t-test was calculated at the probability of 1% (P<0.01)