Table 2.

Characteristics of rice plant growth and yield components

	Plant lengtha(cm)	Panicles per plant	Spikelets per panicle	Percentage of filled grains (%)	Average grain weight (mg)	Yield per plant (g)
WT	95.6 ± 0.9	10.8 ± 0.3	103.1 ± 5.9	76.5 ± 2.4	25.5 ± 0.4	22.0 ± 1.9
lse1	92.2 ± 1.1*	7.8 ± 0.5**	84.0 ± 3.9*	70.2 ± 2.7	25.1 ± 0.3	11.4 ± 0.5**
lse3	78.6 ± 1.1**	7.8 ± 0.5**	47.8 ± 2.2**	70.5 ± 3.5	24.2 ± 0.2**	6.4 ± 0.7**

^aPlant length was measured at the heading stage and the yield components were measured after harvest.

Values represent the means ± SE (n ≥ 4). Differences between the WT and each lse mutant were analyzed by Student’s t-test. Significant differences are indicated by asterisks (*P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01).