Figure 6.

Effect of CmF-308 expression in the phloem of tomato plants on shoot development. Control variety M-82 (A,C) as compared with transgenic plants expressing CmF-308 under the AtSUC2 promoter (B,D). Pictures were taken 60 days after germination. Plants were stripped of all their leaflets (C,D) to assist in visualizing the branching phenotype. Percentage of lateral shoots (E) and stem length (F) of the control tomato variety M-82 and two transgenic lines expressing CmF-308 under the AtSUC2 promoter, 30 days after germination. Data represent means of 12 replications ± SE. Different letters indicate significant differences between the plant lines at p < 0.05 by Student's t-test.