Table II. Phenotypic analyses of RNAi lines.

Line	Node Count	Blade Length	Blade Width	Leaf Sheath Length	Plant Height	Flowering Time
		cm				d
RNAi-strong lines
RNAi	16.25 ± 0.3	62.13 ± 1.7	8.5 ± 0.2	4.75 ± 0.4	93.4 ± 1.4	n.d.a
Wild type	16.5 ± 0.3	75.25 ± 0.9	8.53 ± 0.1	14.15 ± 0.2	230.7 ± 7.4	n.d.
Pb	0.27	0.00067	0.45	2.95E-05	0.008	n.d.
RNAi-mild lines
RNAi	15 ± 0	67.25 ± 2	7.975 ± 0.4	7.725 ± 0.1	160.9 ± 5.3	60.5 ± 0.2
Wild type	15.25 ± 0.3	75.25 ± 0.5	8.05 ± 0.1	12.55 ± 0.2	220.5 ± 2.4	59.4 ± 0.4
P	0.19	0.01	0.43	2.16E-05	3.17E-06	0.015

^aSince most of the mutants have enclosed tassels, accurate data could not be obtained for this analysis.

^bP values are based on Student’s t test.