Table I. Diameter, height, and internode numbers of the wild type and SUT3RNAi lines at harvest.

Values shown are means ± se (n = 7 biological replicates). Student’s t test P values are denoted with asterisks: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.

Parameter	Wild Type	SUT3RNAi-1	SUT3RNAi-2	SUT3RNAi-3
Stem diameter (mm)	12.3 ± 0.3	11.3 ± 0.4*	10.6 ± 0.1**	11.3 ± 0.3*
Stem height (cm)	178 ± 1.7	167 ± 2.3**	153 ± 2.8**	161 ± 1.7**
Internode number	58 ± 2	67 ± 2**	59 ± 3	63 ± 2**
Average number of internodes per cm	0.3 ± 0.005	0.4 ± 0.007**	0.4 ± 0.004**	0.4 ± 0.004**