Table I. Phenotype analysis of maize la1-ref mutant plants.

Values are reported as means ± sd. P values are from Student’s t test. P < 0.01 indicates a significant difference.

Genotype	No. of Tassel Branches	Silk Fresh Weight	Ear Shrank Length	Plant Height	Leaf Angle	Days to Shed Pollen	Days to Silking
		g	mm	cm	°
Wild type	10.28 ± 2.39	9.54 ± 0.88	85.86 ± 11.01	198.27 ± 17.25	26.91 ± 5.33	65.05 ± 1.56	67.4 ± 1.67
la1-ref	7.84 ± 1.99	7.13 ± 0.7	42.25 ± 7.27	165.29 ± 22.88	29.89 ± 7.37	70.77 ± 1.43	73.94 ± 1.61
P	9.64E-07	2.77E-05	6.23E-05	5.47E-24	1.77E-01	2.74E-54	4.43E-62