Table 1.

Details of the four genes modified in this research.

Gene	RAPDB_Locus	Molecular function	Traits	Reference
Gn1a	Os01g0197700	Cytokinin dehydrogenase2	Grain number per panicle	Ashikari et al., 2005
DEP1	Os09g0441900	γ subunit of G protein	Plant height Erect panicle Grain size	Huang et al., 2009; Taguchi-Shiobara et al., 2011; Sun et al., 2014
GS3	Os03g0407400	γ subunit of G protein	Seed size	Fan et al., 2006; Mao et al., 2010; Botella, 2012
IPA1	Os08g0509600	Squamosa promoter binding protein	Plant height and tiller number	Jiao et al., 2010; Miura et al., 2010